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Es scheint mir aber geraten, dass auch Karthago nicht bestehe.
Cato was sent to the Carthaginians and Masinissa, king of Numidia, who were at war with one another, to know the cause of their difference. He, it seems, had been a friend of the Romans from the beginning; and they,too, since they were conquered by Scipio, were of the Roman confederacy, having been shorn of their power by loss of territory, and a heavy tax. Finding Carthage, not [...] low and in an ill condition, but well manned, full of riches and all sorts of arms and ammunition, [...] Therefore, returning quickly to Rome, he acquainted the senate, that the former defeats and blows given to the Carthaginians, had not so much diminished their strength [...]; that they were not become weaker, but more experienced in war, [...]at the end he would be sure to come out with this sentence, "Also, Carthage, methinks, ought utterly to be destroyed."
consus hat geschrieben: ... denn ich kann einen Gegner besiegen, ohne ihn völlig zu vernichten.
remoto Carthaginis metu sublataque imperii aemula non gradu, sed praecipiti cursu a virtute descitum, ad vitia transcursum; vetus disciplina deserta, nova inducta; in somnum a vigiliis, ab armis ad voluptates, a negotiis in otium conversa civitas.
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