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Excerpt from The Illustrated History of the World, for the English People, Vol. 1: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time; Ancient, Medieval, Modern Revival OF carthage. - cato urges the destruction OF the city. - declaration OF war. - discouragement OF the carthaginians. - roman demands. - determination TO resist desperately. - P. Cornelius scipio emilianus. - siege OF carthage. - destruction OF the city. - cowardice and treachery OF hasdrubal. - scipio and polybius. - death OF cato the censor and OF masinissa. - the province OF africa. - roman culture and literature - dramatic poetry. - plautus and terence. - polybius the historian. Cato censobius. - his political and military activity. - his writings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.