In recent weeks I've watched an excellent BBC documentary about Carthage and how it was completely destroyed by Rome. The rivalry between these two dominant powers in the western Mediterranean eventually led to a comprehensive victory by Rome where the Roman army totally dismantled Carthage brick and stone by brick and stone and even ploughed salt into the fields so the city would never rise again. As well as the human and cultural genocide, Rome mounted a propaganda campaign to discredit the Carthaginians which influenced the way Carthage has been presented in history. Even today, much of what we know about Carthage comes through its enemy and conqueror.