CLAA04H3 Lecture Notes - Second Punic War, Tophet, Grappling Hook
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Carthage did not have impact on italian society, even though they were neighbours for close to 300 years. (this is an assumption) Despite the tophet, there is no definite information that carthage sacrificed children. There is actually more information that athens sacrificed children, potentially. They had several graveyards full of children s corpses instead of just one carthaginian graveyard. However, it is not said that athens sacrificed children. Government of the roman republic: the mixed constitution. Technically an advisory body that has a huge amount of power. Rome had a good government as long as they had an outside threat. Without an outside threat, they have a terrible government that turns on itself. Messanna: taken by mamortines, after the mamortines had been invited into the city. Syracuse king became tired of the land pirates . He won a victory against them which scared them off of taking over lands. They appealed for protection from carthage and gained it.
