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In the Third Punic War, the Romans destroyed Carthage (146 B.C.), killed its inhabitants or took them as slaves, and salted its farms to make it impossible to grow crops.  The Romans then went into Macedonia and Greece to defeat it in revenge for having helped Hannibal.  By the end, Rome controlled all around the Mediterranean Sea, which was the entire western civilized world.  The Roman senator [[Cato the Elder]] encouraged this revenge by ending every speech with the conclusion, Carthago delenda est: "Carthage must be destroyed."  The Roman soldiers returned home with their winnings, and with Greek knowledge.  Rome itself became Hellenistic, fascinated by the culture of the Greeks, including their architecture, their language, and their system of justice.  The Roman empire helped spread Greek knowledge further than the Greeks themselves could.

In the Third Punic War, the Romans destroyed Carthage (146 B.C.), killed its inhabitants or took them as slaves, and salted its farms to make it impossible to grow crops.  The Romans then went into Macedonia and Greece to defeat it in revenge for having helped Hannibal.  By the end, Rome controlled all around the Mediterranean Sea, which was the entire western civilized world.  The Roman senator [[Cato the Elder]] encouraged this revenge by ending every speech with the conclusion, Carthago delenda est: "Carthage must be destroyed."  The Roman soldiers returned home with their winnings, and with Greek knowledge.  Rome itself became Hellenistic, fascinated by the culture of the Greeks, including their architecture, their language, and their system of justice.  The Roman empire helped spread Greek knowledge further than the Greeks themselves could.