This kills the Carthaginian

This kills the Carthaginian

CARTHAGO

Does it have to be ingested to kill them? How do they die? Do they smell afterwards? Do they change color after consumption? Are they considered a fruit? Is this even food? Where are they from? Do they carry seeds in them? Are the seeds or the flesh poisonous? What colour are the seeds? What's a carthaginian anyways? Is it a person, place or thing? Are there multiple carthaginian's? What do they look like? Are they edible? What do they taste like? How big are they? Is it similar to a apple? Does it taste better or worse than an apple? Can they be made into a salad? What are thier nutritional value? Does it really kill a carthaginian or are you talking out your ass again?

How did the Carthaginians manage to recover so quickly after Rome destroyed them and demanded a huge ransom payment? A ransom payment Carthaginians were able to pay before the deadline and double as a fuck you to Rome?

They basically took over a lot of Spain.

I am going to explain the joke.
Cato the Elder hated Carthage, but most of the Roman Senators thought, quite reasonably, that they had completely and utterly destroyed Carthage's capacity to wage war against Rome with their victory in the Second Punic War. Cato wasn't happy with that, so whenever he had an opportunity to speak in the Senate he'd shoehorn in some point about how Carthage needed to be destroyed. This was all well and good until the point when the Carthaginians paid off the bill that the Romans forced on them for starting the Second Punic War, effectively ending the peace treaty between the two nations. Around this time Cato came into the Senate with a fresh fig. Everyone complimented Cato's fig until he revealed that it was a Carthaginian fig, which meant that Carthage was so close to Rome that their armies could arrive at the city before a fig dried up. Therefore Carthage had to be destroyed, which they then did in the Third Punic War.
So the fig didn't kill the Carthaginian on its own, but according to this story a what the fig's freshness told the Senate was the final and ultimate cause of the Romans' extermination of the Carthaginians. So while the fig didn't kill them, the fear inspired by that fig did.

As for your other questions, they are fruits because they have seeds on the inside. Ir's more similar to a passionfruit than an apple, but the seeds are softer. They are the size of a small apple. They taste nice, but I prefer apples. They are not often made into salads. They are nutritious. They are not poisonous.
Carthaginians were the people that lived in Carthage. They were normal people. They were of Phoenician stock. Both figs and Carthaginians are edible, but you cannot eat Carthaginians because the Romans killed them all and that's cannibalism.

They're figs. They taste like fig newtons.

I find them to be delicious, excellently paired with some charcuterie, artisanal cheese and wine.

Great story, thank you for enlightening me. I found some new dinner party conversation today.

>They're figs. They taste like fig newtons.
Well not entirely, fig newtons have added sugar and the cookie as well. That aside, figs are quite tasty.

Why do I have a sudden desire to have sex with that fig?

Primal desires of reproduction and hunger sometimes overlap. Both are reproductive acts.

Also it looks like a vagina if you squint.

Not that user, but read Tom Holland's 'Rubicon'. There's quite a bit about Carthage vs. Rome in it.

that's ugliest onion I ever seen
would not eat/10

Yes a fig is a food and it's edible. I believe they were domesticated in the middle east, back when it was more lush and less desert just prior to the period of the cradle of civilization. Probably one of the first domesticated foods. They have lots of tiny seeds but are not hard. They are not poisonous, the color can vary depending on the type. They are soft, and kind of squishy, but firm when ripe. Not crisp like an apple, nor as soft as a watermelon. Perhaps like if a cantaloupe had a soft but edible skin. In terms of consistency, not flavor. The flavor is hard to describe, but most people find them tasty. Personally I only eat fresh figs, fuck that dried crap. You could fit 3-5 of them in one hand. They can be used in salad. I think they're better than apples.

A Carthaginian is someone from Carthage, which was a competitor of Rome on the other side of the Mediterranean in north Africa. Rome defeated them eventually, but for a long time they were rivals. They're extinct now and the city/state no longer exists. They probably looked a lot like, and were culturally similar to Romans.

I like that you ask lots of questions that are easy to answer, a breath of fresh air on this board.

Man I'm high and just realized the last time I ate a fig was almost two decades ago. So getting one tomorrow. Thanks for the reminder dude.

They're also pollinated by wasps they share a symbiosis with.

Another user here, I fucking love Holland and his books.

Wait, wasps actually serve a purpose in nature beyond being assholes?

Also the fruit in the garden of eden was likely a fig, not an apple, considering where the old testament was written.

In turkey figs are known as natural viagra.

In bulgaria turkish people are regarded as founding fathers.

Figs are actually soft when ripe.

Were the Romans autistic?

>have sacred chickens that can tell the future
>kill them when they say you're going to get fucked up
They defined autism.