The Punic Wars meet Snopes

PUNIC WATCH DAY: Did Rome and Carthage sign 1985 peace treaty for wars that began more than 2,000 years earlier? The two ancient cities fought a series of wars, known as the Punic Wars, between 264 B.C. and 146 B.C. (Emery Winter, Snopes).

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While the mayors of the cities did sign a peace treaty in 1985, it was a symbolic gesture. In reality, the wars between the two ancient civilizations ended more than 2,000 years prior when Rome destroyed Carthage.

I've posted on this treaty before, but there are more details here. The Snopes article also re-posts an amusing, if historically garbled meme. It seems to go back to Reddit. See Snopes for the links.

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