Described by some as the "first genocide". This episode tells the incredible story of one of the world's greatest civilisation's last stand. "Carthago delenda est" (Carthage must be destroyed!) MAIN SOURCES/FURTHER READING: Carthage – B.H. Warmington Destroy Carthage! – A. Lloyd The Punic Wars – B. Caven To be Taken with a Pinch of Salt: The Destruction of Carthage - R. T. Ridley Cato The Elder and the destruction of Carthage – E. O'Gorman

Described by some as the "first genocide". This episode tells the incredible story of one of the world's greatest civilisation's last stand. "Carthago delenda est" (Carthage must be destroyed!) MAIN SOURCES/FURTHER READING: Carthage – B.H. Warmington Destroy Carthage! – A. Lloyd The Punic Wars – B. Caven To be Taken with a Pinch of Salt: The Destruction of Carthage - R. T. Ridley Cato The Elder and the destruction of Carthage – E. O'Gorman

The Battle of Carthage

'Humans Are Evil'.

A bi-weekly history show unearthing the most shocking events, actions and characters from our past. 

The episode subjects will shock you in the same way learning about the Holocaust and Atlantic Slave Trade shocked us all the first time we learned about them. Most obviously aren't on the same scale and severity of that evil catastrophes, but will contain the same lack of humanity that has always characterised humanity throughout all of history.

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'Humans Are Evil'. A bi-weekly history show unearthing the most shocking events, actions and characters from our past. The episode subjects will shock you in the same way learning about the Holocaust and Atlantic Slave Trade shocked us all the first time we learned about them. Most obviously aren't on the same scale and severity of that evil catastrophes, but will contain the same lack of humanity that has always characterised humanity throughout all of history.

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