I think that quote is actually very interesting. On the one hand, there was really no objective threat from a defeated Carthage that had no power projection to speak of. On the other hand, I think it was more about crushing the idea of Carthage as a potential rival, ensuring they would never rise and demonstrating other polities that Rome does not fuck around.
Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam, amirite?
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I think that quote is actually very interesting. On the one hand, there was really no objective threat from a defeated Carthage that had no power projection to speak of. On the other hand, I think it was more about crushing the idea of Carthage as a potential rival, ensuring they would never rise and demonstrating other polities that Rome does not fuck around.