Kutheni kwaye ngubani obhubhisa uCallhage

Ngamnye wethu esesuka kwibhentshi yesikolo uyazi inkulumo yesiLatini "I-Carthage kufuneka ibhujiswe!". Waxelelwa ngu-senator wamandulo, unxusa ezinye iinduna ukuba zibeke umda wokubambisana kwesiXeko esingunaphakade kunye nedolophana enhle eAfrika. Ngeli binzana, ulopolitiko uhlale egqibile iintetho zakhe, ekugqibeleni, wafezekisa oko wayekufunayo.

Kutheni kwaye ngubani otshabalalisa iCarthage, iyacaca xa wenza uhambo olufutshane kwixesha elidlulileyo. Kwili xesha lelo xesha, kwakukho amaqela amabini amakhulu kunye anamandla aphikisana ngokupheleleyo. KwiApennines, amaRoma anesigqeba esiliphuhlileyo, uqoqosho, inkqubo yomthetho, umkhosi. E-Carthage, nangona kunjalo, urhwebo luchuma, yonke into yagqitywa ngemali kunye nesimo, kwaye imikhosi yemikhosi yemikhosi yayingumkhosi. Ukuba iRoma yayisisiseko somhlaba, ngoko umzi waseAfrika wawungamandla olwandle. Kwi-peninsula yase-Apennine, kwakunqulwa unqulo lwezithixo ezinqabileyo, nangaphesheya kolwandle lweMeditera, uMokiki wamagazi wanikela ngemihlatshelo yabantu. Ezi zimbini ziphezulu ziza kusondela emva koko okanye emva koko zijongane namabunzi abo, ezibangele uluhlu olubanzi lweimfazwe zasePunic.

Ngaphambi kokuba uphendule umbuzo othi ngubani owonakele iCarthage, kufuneka kuthiwe ukuba ukuphikisana phakathi kwezi mpucuko ezimbini kwadlula iminyaka engaphezu kwekhulu. Kwakungenakunceda nawuphi na urhulumente ukutshabalalisa intshaba, njengoko umnqweno wabo awuzange udibane. IRoma yalwela ukukhulisa imida yayo ngexabiso lezitha ezibuthakathaka, ngelixa amaCarthagini ahambisa impahla yazo kuzo zonke iindawo zombuso kwaye afuna umlambo wamakhoboka.

Ibutho leCarthage lenzelwa ukulwa noBukumkani baseRoma ngokuphumelela okungafaniyo. Ezi ziphulo zihlala ziphelile. Kodwa zonke izivumelwano i-African side ziphula umthetho wokuqala, ezingenakukholisa isiXeko esingunaphakade. Ukuphambana komnqophiso weRoma kwakuyihlazo, kwakhona kwakhona, iimfazwe zavela. Ekugqibeleni, i-Senate yagqiba kwaye yakhetha umntu owachitha uCarthage waya emhlabathini.

Xa iimpike ziza kwiindonga zeCarthage, zaqinisekiswa ngokuphela koxolo kwimfazwe. AmaRoma ayazi ukuba isigwebo sokufa sele sichazwe. Umlawuli waseRoma, owatshatyalalisa iCarthage, ngokunyamezela nangokunyathela ngeenyawo wachaza zonke iimfuno zeSénate. Abantu basezidolophini babathobela ngethemba lokuba umkhosi ozukileyo uza kushiya. Abahlali besixeko sase-Afrika esiqhelekileyo bavunyelwe ukuthatha ubutyebi babo kunye nabo bashiye indlu. Emva koko, yachithwa emhlabathini, yahlwaywa ngumlimi omkhulu kwaye yahlwayelwa ityuwa, iqalekisa ezi ndawo ngonaphakade. Isizathu esibalulekileyo sale mi nyathelo yileyo eyatshatyalalisa iCarthage, ebizwa ngokuthi ukungabikho kwemvumelwano. Emva koko, bona, ngokwenza izithembiso, bazi ukuba bayazizalisekisa.

Ngendlela, abemi baseCarthage baqaphela kamva, kodwa iinqwelo zamaRoma azizange zikholelwe. Imbali ithatha i-peer heroic yeparele yaseAfrika ngaphambi kokutshabalaliswa kwayo. Ukutshatyalaliswa kweSpipio ngo-146 kufaka ingongoma ebonakalayo kwimbali yale dolophu enhle kumanxweme oLwandle lweMeditera kunye nombuso omkhulu. Ngaphandle kwemasiko aseRoma, ubomi babuya kula mazwe emva kwexeshana. Umhlaba onobuhle, isimo sezulu esichukumisayo kunye nomhlaba ochanekileyo ukhangele iikholoni ezintsha. Kodwa ubudala belo sixeko abuzange bufikelele.