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A general of this non-Greek polity nicknamed “the Boetharch” surrendered after losing the Battle of Oroscopa. Warhawks in this polity launched a conflict by sending forces against Masinissa, who used his Numidian Calvary against it nearly 50 years earlier. This city’s U-Shaped “Great Cothon” may have been reconstructed after Belisarius’ victory at the battle of (*) Ad Decimum made it the center of Byzantine Africa. Scipio Aemilianus’ troops salted this city’s soil during a war sparked by Cato the Elder’s repeated declarations that “[this city] must be destroyed.” For 10 points, name this city that was razed by Rome after the Third Punic War. ■END■
ANSWER: Carthage [accept Carthago or Byzantine Carthage; accept “Carthage must be destroyed" or “Carthago delenda est”]
<History - Ancient, Charan Shreekumar> | VAULT II Packet 02
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