Carthage must be destroyed. — Cato the Elder
Carthage must be destroyed.
In the original Latin
Carthago delenda est.
Quoted in Plutarch's Lives, by Plutarch · 149 BC
★ 6.3Cato ended several of his speeches with this phrase after his visit to Carthage in 152 BC.
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Cato the Elder. Speech within the Roman Senate prior to the Third Punic War. c. 149 BC, Rome, Italy.
