San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-25

ftable not to conquer anybody, but just to handle
worlds goods, and instead of tribute to collect
omissions and freghts.
Most of ALL they feared lest one of their own VIC
Gus leaders might seize power and make himself
B an emperor. For this reason the city was likely
the last moment not to give its generals and ad-
als proper support. They even refused to spend
Oh money fortifying that little isthmus until
othacles and his Greeks almost broke through
en- the business men of Carthage realized that
\ was an insurance policy on all their property
even their business itself.
AS soon they were solid on this idea the Car
ginians went in all over and built set of
enses that made the city famous throughout the
rid. Properly defended, they were probably i'm
enable to the armies and navies of that day. 1t
X the Romans two years of fearful losses to batter
ir way in after they had previously trcked the
enders into yielding up all their weapons.
A triple wall, forty-five feet high and fanked at
ny two hundred feet with high tower, was
etched across the three-mile width of the isthmus
walls themselves were only about seven feet
*, but the remarkable feature was that they were
he'd into one solid mass of vaulted masonry. In
lower vaults were stables and fodder storehouses
three hundred elephants.
Fortunately Scipio had no dynamite, and his army
IDENTITY wearied of knocking down all that
ry for the huge stalls where Hannibal stabbed his
plants have been located, and even fragments OF
foundations, making it possible to reconstruct the
ry above, which we know contained stables for
90 horses and barracks for as many cavarymen
for 20, 600 infantry.
These busness-like Garth aginians made their in
tment pay not only when the city was attacked,
at all times. In the centre of the city stood low
which in time was built up into sacred and
gnifcent citadel, the famous Byrsa. The Byrsa
built something like a medieval castle, with
lie walls and battlemented parapets surrounding
TT which held temple to Esmun (AesculapuS),
of healing.
All the Carthaginian material was stored
e under the protection not of the god of war but
medicine, because these practical men had COL
ted their statistics and knew that in war, for one
IN killed in battle, ten were struck down by disease.
From the citadel three streets ran down to the
rket place. The houses on each side were. six
ries high, and every one was designed a de-
sve stl onghold.
The ruins of these three streets promise to be
ne Of information and treasure Already the ex-
rers' inquistive pick indicates that the middle
eet was Carriages Fifth avenue, where the latest
most expensive thing in clothes, jewery, hair
essng. ETC., to be had. One of the other
eets seems to be sort of Broadway, with restau-
hts, baths, theatres-the white light district. 1t
s in these streets that meautifu mosaic gave the
dern eye clear picture OF the chorus girl who
ertaned the tired Carthaginian business man, and
ugh there was no censorship in those days she
re more clothes than she does to-day. Here, too,
tues came to light showing how the fashionable
les that ancient Fifth avenue" wore their
r, the style of their gowns and even the sandals
III toes uncovered
Near the shore and the market place stood the
tely Senate House, which also contained the Tenn
of Baa or MolOch and the image into whose
ming stomach babies were cast.
Below the market place, where in Dido's time
re had been great stretch of sand slaves with
alculable labor, had excavated great circular
terway, 1,066 feet wide, running around a cir
ar island. Upon this island rose another fortress,
m central tower of which the high admiral of
feet could not only every ship within the
Gle, but in any other of the Carthaginan waters.
ound the outer edge of the "Cothon' drinking
b), as it was called were docks for 220 warshps
all sizes up to the monster quinque-reme with
ir five rows of oars and bronze beaks
In times of war, when the whole 220 docks were
furious activity, the high admiral from his tower
Id look down into any of these docks by simply
ming his head. Through speaking trumpet he
lid call down to his officers on the edge of his
ind and they in turn shouted his orders across the
ter to the docks. When getting ready for batt
vas the efficiency of one-man control raised t"