"John Rennie" wrote in message
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> "a.spencer3" wrote in message
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> > "John Rennie" wrote in message
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> >> "Last_Lizard_King_1971" wrote in message
> >> news:1164899930.332062.192950@l12g2000cwl.googlegroups.com...
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> >> Markku Grönroos ha scritto:
> >>
> >> > bugger off from travel forums
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> Very polite and democratic, indeed. But, if you read the post, you have
> >> ask to O'donnovan.....not to me. I agree with you, the post is quite
> >> OT.
> >> But, you know, I love my country and cannot stand to read such things
> >> without a reply.
> >> If you don't agree my link, that is the reality. Is bad and sad, but
> >> bury your head in the sand isn't a good choice. Think about it.
> >>
> >>
> >> Have a nice day
> >>
> >> Please don't think that I have any sympathy whatsoever with the orginal
> >> poster but I feel it incumbent upon me to point out that in the Third
> > Punic
> >> War, the Romans (who had by then thoroughly assimulated the Italians -
> >> 149
> >> BC) completely destroyed the Carthaginians. They killed every man,
woman
> >> and child as the elder Cato commanded and even sowed the earth with
salt.
> >> All very old hat but one of the best recorded genocides in history.
> >>
> > In fact, for several good reasons, the 'sowing with salt' is possibly a
> > myth.
> >
> > Surreyman
> >
> >
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> It would be useful if you named the reasons. I agree that even if they
did
> it could not have been very harmful to the soil as within a generation
Rome
> colonised Carthage and turned the whole of that area into one of the most
> prosperous parts of the Empire.
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>
Yep, that. Plus the fact that salt was horrendously expensive at that time,
and was indeed used as a trading currency.
Surreyman
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