-
Ceterum (autem)
censeo Carthaginem esse
delendam ("Furthermore, I
consider Carthage to need to be destro****"),
often abbreviated to
Carthago delenda est...
- from
Roman senator Cato the Elder's fame for
ending all
speeches with
ceterum autem censeo Carthaginem esse
delendam – "Furthermore, I
consider that...
- Cato made a
series of
speeches to the senate, all of
which ended with "
Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam" (Moreover, I
advise that
Carthage should...
-
senator Cato the
Elder ended every speech after the
Second Punic War with
ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam,
literally "For the rest, I am of the...
-
every speech in the Senate,
regardless of the subject, with the
phrase ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam—"Moreover, I am of the
opinion that Carthage...
- proficiscere!" ("The
gates are open; depart!") — Cicero, In
Catilinam 1.10. "
Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam." ("Furthermore, I
consider that Carthage...
-
annihilation of Carthage. From this time on, Cato
keeps repeating the cry "
Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam" ("Moreover, I
advise that
Carthage must...
- Elder, a
Roman senator,
frequently ended his
speeches with the
statement Ceterum censeo Carthaginem delendam esse ("I also
think Carthage to be [something]...
-
consummated as a
fertility ritual.
Tacitus wrote in his Germania:
Germania 9.6:
Ceterum nec
cohibere parietibus deos
neque in
ullam humani oris
speciem adsimulare...
- Publishing. p. 225. ISBN 1438129181. Caesar, BG, VI.32 Tacitus, Germania, II.2.
ceterum Germaniae vocabulum recens et
nuper additum,
quoniamqui primi Rhenum transgressi...
