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Carthage
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Johnny Got His Gun
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He thought of the slaves deep under the street levels of Carthage before the Romans came and destroyed the city.
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Carthage = an ancient city state on the north African coast
He remembered from some time way back in the past how he had read of the Carthaginian slaves and what they did and how they were treated.†
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How the great Carthaginian lords wanting someone to guard their treasure stores would find a healthy young man and put out his eyes with sharp sticks so he wouldn't be able to see where they took him and thus learn the location of their treasures.†
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He thought of the Carthaginian slaves down in the darkness blinded and chained and he thought they were lucky guys.†
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Definitions:

(1) (Carthage as in: the ancient city-state)
ancient North African city and trading empire, near modern Tunis, that became a powerful rival of Rome

Carthage was founded by Phoenician traders and grew rich by controlling trade across the western Mediterranean, including parts of Spain and islands like Sicily.

It fought three major wars with Rome, called the Punic Wars. The Carthaginian general Hannibal is famous for leading his army (and war elephants) over the Alps to attack Rome during the Second Punic War. In the end, Rome destroyed Carthage in 146 BC and later rebuilt the site as a Roman city.

Carthage was destroyed again in 698 during the Arab conquest of North Africa, and the nearby city of Tunis eventually became the main center in the area.

Today, "Carthage" can also symbolize a once-great power that was completely defeated.
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Less commonly, Carthage can refer to any city with that name including the modern city in Tunisia that includes the site of the ancient city.