“Carthago Delenda Est…” (Cato the Elder 234 B.C. – 149 B.C.)
“Carthage must be destroyed!”
Sprang from the statesman’s ancient lips.
“Carthage must be destroyed!”
The senate yelled for blood.
“Carthage must be destroyed!”
The people want revenge.
“Carthage must be destroyed!”
Rome wanted revenge.
“Carthage must be destroyed!”
She screamed it with harpy’s fury.
“No more peace!”
“The time has come!”
“Take arms!”
“Carthage must be destroyed!”
Rome went
After Numidian problems.
Two years passed
Another Scipio made the charge to Hannibal’s city
Forcing his way in.
People were killed.
People were enslaved.
The city was razed to the ground.
The walls where Dido fell
Proclaiming endless hate
For the sons and daughters of Aeneas
Were gone.
Rome’s hate burned for Dido’s people too.
It could be seen in every Roman soldier.
Burning more intense
Than Dido’s own.
“Carthage must be destroyed!”
Echoing through history
Along with legion’s sandaled feet
Digging salt into the ground
Kicking it up
Into Roman eyes.
“Carthage must be destroyed!”
“Carthage was destroyed.”
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