Deed — 2 authors face each other below

destruction of Carthage

kind: sack · 146 BCE — the editor’s frame · 165 mentions across 114 episodes of the record — counted by the house’s first pass receipt — the deed shelf, first pass receipt — the witness index

The final destruction ending the Third Punic War; the sieges of the Second War (Plb. books 14-15 territory) are separate engagements.

Where the accounts part — the record’s own argument; the witnesses below carry the receipts

Cato demanded the destruction in every Senate vote he cast and died before it; Nasica answered him vote for vote with 'Carthage must be spared.' Polybius, on the ground, records the victor weeping over the inevitability of change. The argument, the counter-argument, and the tears all carry receipts.

The regnal line — the editor’s table of years, never the record’s voice

Anchored at 146 BCE on the editor’s table of years .

· 146 BCE — date secure ·

146 BCE; Polybius stood beside Scipio at the burning city (Plb. 39.5).

The accounts, side by side — each witness in its own words; every quote is the served record’s, linked to its episode

Polybius · one account

38.19–39.5 the principal narrative The eyewitness end: Scipio's tears and the reflection on the fate of cities.

At the sight of the city utterly perishing amidst the flames Scipio burst into tears Plb. 39.5

The Histories · Evelyn S. Shuckburgh, 1889

Plutarch · one account

26–27 before the fact The cause before the event: the Libyan fig, the standing vote, and Nasica's counter-vote.

The last of his public services is supposed to have been the destruction of Carthage. Plut. Marcus Cato 26

In my opinion, Carthage must be destroyed. Plut. Marcus Cato 27

Plutarch preserves BOTH standing formulas — delenda and servanda — as a matched pair. Marcus Cato · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

…and the house’s first pass counts 111 more episodes beyond these anchors.

Who stands in this deed — standing in the same episodes; counted by the house’s first pass

Hannibal — 40 episodes shared Scipio — a candidate entry Hamilcar — a candidate entry Hasdrubal — a candidate entry Senate — a candidate entry Publius — a candidate entry Demetrius — 10 episodes shared Philip — a candidate entry Hanno — a candidate entry Ptolemy — a candidate entry

Doors to the sister houses

logoi — the words

No door is cut to the word-house from this room yet. logoi.health keeps the words meanwhile.

mythoi — the stories

No door is cut to the story-house from this room yet. mythoi.health keeps the stories meanwhile.

The record here: The Histories, Herodotus — Godley, 1920–25 · Parallel Lives, Plutarch — Perrin, 1914–26 · 166 works · 12,119 episodes served

lives · deeds · times · the shelf