For nearly two years, right up to his death, the elderly Roman statesman Cato concluded every one of his speeches before the Senate with the slogan: “Delenda est Carthago!, ” meaning“ Carthage must be destroyed! ”
Gandrīz divus gadus, līdz pat savai nāvei, padzīvojušais romiešu valstsvīrs Katons visas savas runas senātā beidza ar vārdiem ” Delenda est Carthago! ”, tas ir, ” Kartāga ir jāiznīcina! ”.