'The city was given to the flames', 1912 (1912). Artist: Unknown.

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'The city was given to the flames', 1912 (1912). After a long siege Scipio's army stormed the city of Carthage, Hasdrubal surrendered himself and the city was razed to the ground, burning for seventeen days. From The Story of Rome, by Mary MacGregor. [Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., 1912]

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