The capital was, their empire spread all across western and central North Africa, southern Iberia and assorted Mediterranean islands before the Punic Wars.
He was calling to finish the job in between the 2nd and 3rd Punic Wars, but it turns out I remembered wrong and Carthage lost everything but Tunisia in the 2nd war. For some reason I was thinking they had more of North Africa at that point.
Carthago delenda est
Carthage is in Tunisia.
And spread into the Iberian peninsula which means it's territory included Algeria
It's close enough.
The capital was, their empire spread all across western and central North Africa, southern Iberia and assorted Mediterranean islands before the Punic Wars.
https://www.freeenglishsite.com/empires/maps/Carthage.png
Not by the end of the Punic Wars. When Cato said Cartago delenda est he was referring specifically to the city.
He was calling to finish the job in between the 2nd and 3rd Punic Wars, but it turns out I remembered wrong and Carthage lost everything but Tunisia in the 2nd war. For some reason I was thinking they had more of North Africa at that point.
Scipio did nothing wrong.
Except not finishing the job.