Cato senior senator of ancient Rome, all his speech to the patricians ended the same way - with the words "Carthage must be destroyed."Many senators were laughing at him, he annoyed some this insistence Cato, but regardless of the theme speech, he stubbornly insisted that it was necessary to go to war with Carthage.
What does this insistence?What caused such an obsession: shrewdness policy or obsession?Why Carthage must be destroyed?
explanation in terms of geopolitics
Geopolitics as a science is based on immutable factors influencing the formation of the State, such as the geographical location of the country and its landscape.From the space that hosts a State, largely depends, as will be further development of the country, and how it will develop its relations with neighboring states.
city of Carthage was the epitome of the trading system.Here lived the principle of individualism, rationalism, and complete skepticism.In Carthage rich man was considered almost "holy".It did not question the lowlands of human nature: the venality, corruption, all methods are good for maximum profit.
Rome and Carthage
brilliant power that it once conquered Rome, but in fact - the cult of the dark deity Moloch that devours newborn.The Carthaginians were fed their idol hundreds of babies to get more wealth and power.On the ruins of Carthage, it was discovered a huge number of tiny skeletons.In sacrificed hundreds of girls and boys from noble families of Carthage.Many voluntarily went to the altar.Sacrifice continued until as long as Carthage was captured by the Romans.
Maybe Cato, arguing that Carthage must be destroyed, penetrated into the essence of the struggle of civilizations.After all, the content of the struggle between Rome and Carthage was no conflict of interest, not a fight for territory.The battle predetermined the history of the world, at least for a few millennia of the future.
history of Carthage and Rome - the two poles of the same civilization.Rome was no different with kindness, but he was a completely different way.The Romans believed in honor and dignity, discipline and honored their heroes.Corrupting element of the money replaced the direct light violence.Sinister Moloch changed the heavenly gods, arrogant, but fair.The Romans were fighting, they were not traders.So, thanks to the manic idea Cato insisted that Carthage must be destroyed, mankind lived just such a reality.
little history
Carthage was located near the modern city of Tunis.The ancient state was founded by the Phoenicians in 825 BC.e.By the beginning of the 3rd century, Carthage became a powerful nation, which was the cause of the Punic Wars.After Carthage still was destroyed by the Romans, its territory was annexed by the Roman province of Africa.
Today, any visitor can visit the ruins of the Tunisian ancient city, but to examine the entire territory, not everyone comes out.Some facilities still being researched by archaeologists, a part located on the territory of the presidential residence, and all the other covers such a huge area that is physically impossible to examine her.
Tourists are usually most interested in large-scale monuments, but many of them have not created Pune, and the Romans.From the Punic era are preserved only municipal buildings, the remains of streets, ports and Tophet.It was here in Topheth, were found a small urn with the ashes, the charred skeletons of newborn children and the remains of thousands of boys and girls.All of them were sacrificed to the dark god.
