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Re: What about the Micro Scout?
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Tue, 28 Sep 1999 21:55:09 GMT
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Basically, "Carthage must be destroyed." For the language and history
impaired, Cato (besides being one of the great speakers in Roman history)
had a bit of a Carthage obsession, insisting at the end of every speech,
no matter what the topic (food, the economy, etc.) that "oh, by the way,
Carthage must be destroyed." It eventually was, though exactly what role he
had in the instigation of the Second Punic War (beyond saying "I told you
so") I do not recall...
-Luis
On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Chris Phillips wrote:
> Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 21:37:38 GMT
> From: Chris Phillips <chris.phillips@computerboards.com>
> To: lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com
> Subject: Re: What about the Micro Scout?
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> In lugnet.robotics, Anders Isaksson writes:
> > Dennis Clark skrev i meddelandet ...
> > >
> > > I feel like that famous Roman senator (whose name I have forgotten right • now
> > > of course", who closed every speach he made with "Cartago dalenda est!"
> > Marcus Porcius Cato (around 150 BC)
> > "Praeteria censeo Carthaginem esse delendam"
>
> Uh... guys? Any help for the dead-language-impaired among us?
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>
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| To Dennis, Anders, Luis... boys, I'm really impressed by your knowledge of Latin and Roman history. I thought these kind of studies were limited to classical faculties (outside Italy, were we study Latin in some high schools too). Mario PS Sorry, I (...) (25 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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