Dr. Eve MacDonald
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first heard Aug 2026
last heard 13 Sep
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Well over a decade.
And they also um, you know, we see s we start to see in Carthage that the the coinage is devalued, the silver content is devalued.
We see real economic impact.
of the war in the city of Carthage.
And the Romans for the first time are starting to feel that.
The Carthaginians.
Send the consul, Regulus.
Yes.
To negotiate peace with the Romans.
And it's just such a great moment of Roman rhetorical, their own, you know, self-reverence in a way, and exceptionalism is that the Romans and Regulus himself.
goes into the Roman Senate and's like don't surrender, these Carthaginians are ripe for the taking.
We can't surrender.
And of course Regulus is an honorable man, and the agreement has been that if there's going to be no peace, then he has to return to his captivity.
And he goes back
And he ends up dying in in horrific ways, we think.
But these we don't know if this is true or not.
But yes, put into like a box with uh iron stakes sticking into them and and left to die.
Or I mean, there's a whole variety of different ways in which Regulus dies.
And it's really interesting because
Mm our our credible sources don't really mention this.
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