Et sub idem tempus, magis quia volebant Romani, quidquid de Carthaginiensibus dicereturcredere quam quia credenda adferebantur, statuit senatus Carthaginem exscindere.
About the same time the senate resolved to destroy Carthage, rather because the Romans were ready to believe any rumour concerning the Carthaginians, than because the reports were credible.
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