The Punic Wars Quotes

“always easy to assign, but there is no doubt that the Third Punic War was deliberately provoked by the Romans, who had made a conscious decision to destroy their old enemy. Roman negotiators shamelessly exploited the Carthaginians’ willingness to grant concessions in their desire to avoid war with”
― Adrian Goldsworthy, The Fall of Carthage

“The communities of Spain produced an excess of young males who could not be supported off the land and so frequently turned bandit or mercenary.”
― Adrian Goldsworthy, The Fall of Carthage

“It took three days and nights to get through the marshes and the army suffered much in the process, the men finding it difficult to rest on the muddy ground so that some were only able to sleep by lying on pack saddles, or the corpses of the many baggage mules which collapsed and died during the journey.”
― Adrian Goldsworthy, The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265-146BC