. Rome : its rise and fall ; a text-book for high schools and colleges. and powers were very like those of theRoman senate. The religion of the Carthaginians was the old Canaani-tish worship of Baal, or the Sun. To Moloch, anothername for the fire-god, they offered human sacrifices. 87. Rome and Carthage compared. — These two greatrepublics, which for more than five centuries had beenslowly extending their limits and maturing their powersupon the opposite shores of the Mediterranean, were nowabout to begin one of the most memorable struggles of allantiquity—a duel that was to last, with every
. Rome : its rise and fall ; a text-book for high schools and colleges. and powers were very like those of theRoman senate. The religion of the Carthaginians was the old Canaani-tish worship of Baal, or the Sun. To Moloch, anothername for the fire-god, they offered human sacrifices. 87. Rome and Carthage compared. — These two greatrepublics, which for more than five centuries had beenslowly extending their limits and maturing their powersupon the opposite shores of the Mediterranean, were nowabout to begin one of the most memorable struggles of allantiquity—a duel that was to last, with every vicissitudeof fortune, for over one hundred years. In material power and resources the two rival citiesseemed well matched as antagonists ; yet Rome had imma-terial elements of strength, hidden in the character of hercitizens and embodied in the principles of her government,which Carthage did not possess. First, the Carthaginian territories, though of greatextent, were widely scattered, embracing remote coastsand isolated islands, while the Roman domains were ?.
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