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Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Salting Greece

Historians claim that when Scipio sacked Carthage in 146 BC, he salted the earth to guarantee nothing would ever grow on Carthaginian soil. To further punish Hannibal’s mighty defense, Rome imposed impossible terms of war indemnity on those they had conquered. Hannibal’s greatness as a general failed his efforts at political and financial reforms. He


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