The+Third+Punic+War


 * The Third Punic War (149-146 BCE):**

After the huge losses suffered by the Carthaginians in The Second Punic War, Carthage was forced to regroup and try to revive the broken city. In the years following, they did just that. Meanwhile, the Romans had set out to conquer all of the land to their east. However, they also felt a need to destroy Carthage, the city that nearly defeated them 60 years before. One man truly hated the Carthiginians, "The great statesman of Rome, Cato, is reported by the historians as ending all his speeches, no matter what their subject, with the statement, 'I also think that Carthage should be destroyed."' The Romans, suspicious of a Carthaginian revival, ordered the city to abandon their territory in North Africa and move farther inland [9]. When the Carthaginians refused, Rome declared war. They laid siege to the city, and sent foot soldiers into every house to kill its inhabitants. All Carthaginians who were not killed by the Romans were forced into slavery. Rome did all they could to make the land uninhabitable, including demolishing the city and harbor and sowing salt into the surrounding countryside [10].

Sources:(Jona Lendering, "Carthage", []) (Richard Hooker, "The Punic Wars", [])