page_title: Carthago delenda est
hierarchical_section_title: Carthago delenda est
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Marcus Porcius Cato, der Ältere aus: http://www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de/philo/galerie/antike/cato.html Genehmigung liegt vor!
context_page_description: Ceterum autem censeo Carthaginem esse delendam, often abbreviated to Carthago delenda est or Ceterum censeo, is a Latin oratorical phrase pronounced by Cato the Censor, a politician of the Roman Republic. The phrase originates from debates held in the Roman Senate prior to the Third Punic War between Rome and Carthage, where Cato is said to have used it as the conclusion to all his speeches in order to push for the war.
context_section_description: Ceterum autem censeo Carthaginem esse delendam ("Furthermore, I consider that Carthage must be destroyed"), often abbreviated to Carthago delenda est ("Carthage must be destroyed") or Ceterum censeo, is a Latin oratorical phrase pronounced by Cato the Censor, a politician of the Roman Republic. The phrase originates from debates held in the Roman Senate prior to the Third Punic War (149–146 BC) between Rome and Carthage, where Cato is said to have used it as the conclusion to all his speeches in order to push for the war.
caption: Cato the Censor (234–149 BC), the most persistent advocate in the Senate for the total destruction of Carthage, and associated with repeated use, in or out of its proper context, of the phrase Delenda est Carthago
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