> There was a motto, which I can't find, saying in LATIN
"Carthagena must
> be destroyed".
>
> Does anyone know the correct latin words used then for this
expression ?
> (1)
>
> I think any good latin teacher knows it by heart, but I don't
know any
> good latin teacher!! Any links ? (2)
>
I'm not a good latin teacher, but I was an altar boy in the
50's.
The phrase, in Latin, is, "delenda est Carthago." It is
pronounced "day-LEN-dah est kahr-TAH-goh". And the literal
translation is "Carthage must be destroyed."
It was not Pliney, but Cato the Elder who repeatedly egged on
the Roman Senate with this phrase.
There were 3 "Punic Wars". It was the 3rd one which was
instigated in part, by Cato's dogged use of this phrase in the
Senate.
Alan Guy
