http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/mass-killing Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Tue, 12 May 2026 10:33:07 -0400 Tue, 12 May 2026 10:33:07 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1231/mass-killing-politics-by-other-means By Brian Chao - My first case study, of Rome and Carthage, demonstrates that mass killing has a long history and is not unique to the modern era. After the Third Punic War, Rome reduced Carthage to rubble, sowed the fields with salt to ensure nothing could be grown, killed the men, and sold the women and children into slavery. The Carthaginian civilization ceased to exist. This was not done out of bloodlust or plunder, though that surely did occur; Rather, Rome was reacting to an economic and political rival that was also geographically threatening. In the previous Punic War, Hannibal had roamed through Italy... Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1231/mass-killing-politics-by-other-means