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The article "Genocide in the Ancient World" gives a briefing about different genocidal acts held at different places of the world. This also includes the coining of the term Genocide by Raphael Lemkin in 1944 CE. The first genocide is termed at Third Punic War held between Rome and Carthage in which Rome slaughtered the Carthage people to rule the farming rich areas and other nearby areas of the Mediterranean sea. This article gives an insight into the Athenian Genocide at Melos. This genocide was done to curb the culture of Athenian in which the men were brutally murdered and women and child were sold as slaves.

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Genocide in the Ancient World

Identifies the Roman destruction of Carthage in 146 BCE and the Athenian massacre at Melos in 416 BCE as cases of genocide.

The main sources for the annihilation of Carthage are the historians Appian and Polybius.

Rome and Carthage grew and eventually overtook either side of the Mediterranean Sea.

During the Punitive wars, this took place and it was inevitable for them to become rivals and come together to fight.

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Roman Genocide of Carthage : summary :
Carthage was located on the Mediterranean Sea in Africa, about 400 miles from Rome, near the current city of Tunis. Carthage's Phoenician origins meant that it differed significantly from Rome in areas like government, which was more openly aristocratic than the supposedly democratic Rome, religion, which was a strange mystery to the Romans, and overall outlook on life, which was influenced by both eastern Greek and African influences. The evident purpose of Rome to destroy Carthage, its people, and culture, no matter what, was a significant factor in this case, and one that would be consistent with Lemkin's definition of genocide.

Athenian Genocide at Melos summary :
Another example of state-sponsored genocide is the Athenian Empire's destruction of the Greek island city-state and culture of Melos in 416 BCE, which occurred during the long Peloponnesian war with Sparta, which lasted from 431 BCE to 404 BCE. The Athenians were also well aware that the Melians were a poor military force in comparison to them, describing them as 'weak' and 'inferior' and remarking that 'this is not a fair combat.'According to Thucydides, after refusing to surrender to the Athenians,'siege operations were now carried on vigorously, and, as there was also some treachery from within, the Melians surrendered unconditionally to the Athenians, who put to death all the men of military age whom they took, and sold the women and children as slaves.' - Kumar patel

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This Article is a general summary of two apparent genocides of the ancient world, the Razing of Carthage and the Siege of Melos. In both cases, a city was assaulted, the men were murdered and the rest became slaves. Calling either of these genocide is an odd thing, as both cultures could have survived. While being a slave is definitely bad, the culture could have been continued within slavery, and there were still some people left after the Carthage massacre who could have kept the culture alive

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Genocide was widely known due to the Holocaust, but it has been a happening throughout our world for much longer. This article describes that genocide had happened even back during the Roman slaughter of Carthage in 146BCE. The article describes the destructive actions of group one to another, which now can be defined as genocide.  Genocide in my view is the actions of one group taken against another to stagnant and erase their existences.

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The article explains what  exactly the word Genocide means and how it came to be. The word "Genocide" was created in 1944 by Raphael Lemkin who combined Greek word Geno meaning "race" or "tribe" and the Latin word cide meaning "killing" Lemkin also wrote a book analyzing past genocide's and they're connections. The article brings up 2 cases of genocide that occurred before WW2 one being the Roman genocide of Carthage, and the other being the Athenian genocide at Melos. First off, the Genocide of Carthage occurred around 146 BCE when the Roman army attacked the city of Carthage. Although Carthage tried to make peace with the romans they're efforts were meaningless and the City was sieged and Roman warriors went house to house killing any Carthaginians in sight. Around 200,000 people lived there and at the end 30 - 50,000 people survived and were sold as slaves. The next event is the Genocide at Melos, this occurred in 416 BCE when the Athenian Empire turned their sights from the war at hand  towards the neutral island of Melos. Although Melos was neutral in the war, the Athenians didn't like the presence of such a weak state and sent a representative to the island to demand their surrender. The island of Melos refused their surrender and that lead to a siege on the island where every man (who were the right age to join the military) were killed and every woman and child were sold off as slaves. In conclusion, the article states that 2 clear elements of genocide are the clear intents to carry out the action, and the resulting annihilation.
-Bradley Ingram

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This articles starts off by telling it's readers how the word "genocide" first came to be with the combination of the Greek work "geno" (which meant race or tribe) and the Latin word "cide" which meant killing. It then continues to say that genocides have occurred before the Holocaust. It started off with the Roman empire demolishment of the Carthage people during the Third Punic war where they massacred 100,00 of people, made women and children slaves and burned the city down. The second example the article stated was the Athenians completely wiping out the Melos people because they refused to conform to them. The Melos was too small of a island to defend themselves from the people loyal to Spartan and in return, any man that was old enough for the military was killed and women and children were sold as slaves. The article states that there are two main criteria that states a genocide; the clear intent that carries the action of a leader and that action resulting in destroying a group of people.

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The article "Genocide in the Ancient World" defines in fine detail the definition of the word "genocide" and its origins and how it the word was created by polish writer Raphael Lemkin (1900-1959) back in 1944 CE. The article also explained the characteristics and type of events that must be present to fall under the category of genocide. The article spoke on two events that previously occurred that are determined to be genocides, those events are the first and second punic wars of Rome's success and Carthage's destruction. However, the third punic war was written about in the article but was not completely determined to be a genocide event. - Jad Takach

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This article begins by deconstructing our modern view on genocide, which is very westernized because of the events of The Second World War and the Holocaust.  The word "Genocide" was coined in 1944 by Raphael Lemkin combining the Greek word "Geno" and the Latin word "Cide" meaning "race-killing".  Along with creating the term "genocide" Lemkin also wrote a book in which he analyzed past killing and found the common link naming them as genocides.  Four years after creating the term genocide the UN recognized genocide and created legal documentation about it.  Using the terms created by Lemkin the article continues to analyze the Roman destruction of Carthage.  Carthage with a Phoenician origin varied with Rome on many cultural things.  Being opposing superpowers they engaged in a war, and Rome Continued to push more and more conditions until the people of carthage could no longer comply.  When this occurred Rome stormed the city killing everyone, Man, Women, and Child and selling the remaining into slavery.  In the other account of Genocide it analyzes the Athenian genocide at Melos.   Due to the Melos "Inferiority and lesser strength".  The Athenians, destroyed the whole city leaving none.

-Elijah Hooper

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This article begins with the discussion "what is genocide?". It talks about what constitutes genocide and two of the earliest known recordings of genocide taking place. The roman genocide of cartage in 146 BCE is the first example brought up and, it talks about the reasons behind the massacre of 50,000 to 150,000 people. The second example talks about the Athenian genocide of Melos of 416 BCE. Which left 1,500 dead and women and children to be sold off as slaves. The conclusion states that genocide must include two clear elements: a clear intent on the behalf of the perpetrators to carry out the action, and the resulting annihilation.
-Matthew Hughes

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This article covers the history of genocide starting from as far back as Ancient Rome with the Athenian massacre in 416 BCE and even the genocide of Carthage that took place in 146 BCE. Carthage was a flourishing ancient city that rivalled the Rome in power and the two cities had completely different cultures and outlooks on life. Eventually the Roman army went to seige the city of Carthage and after 3 years they finally managed to break into the city. The Roman army killed around 50,000-150,000 Carthage citizens as the Roman army systematically went door to door to make sure that all citizens of Carthage were either killed or sold into slavery. Today it is believed that the Romans did this in order to wipe out their culture in order to make their own culture stronger. The second genocide that is mentioned in the article is when Athens targeted the weaker city of Melos. Athens quickly overpowered Melos and forced them to surrender. Athens killed all men that were able and old enough to fight and they sold all of the woman and children into slavery. It is believed that this was an attempt to destroy the culture and set an example that if other cities do not follow and listen to the Athens culture there will be consequences. All in all, I thought that the article was insightful towards ancient genocide that otherwise most people would be ignorant towards.

-Hayden Ellis

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This article discusses the origins and meanings behind the word genocide; a term first coined by Raphael Lemkin and later redefined in 1948 by the United Nations. The Article continues on and explains the two key elements that define a genocide. There must be a clear intent to carry out an action in which results the annihilation of a unique group. Later within the article it gives ancient examples of such actions, The Roman genocide of Carthage as well as the Athenian genocide at Melos.
- Adam Risbey

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Firstly, this article defines in detail how the word genocide was created by the polish writer Raphael Lemkin. It also explains how genocide was defined before and after world war 2. It then explains the main elements in an event needed in order to be considered a genocide, as well as the two possible cases of genocide in the ancient world. The first example of genocide was the Roman capture of Carthage. Initially, the Carthaginians tried to come to peace with Romans. Unfortunately, Rome then insisted that the city be pulled down which gave the Carthaginians no choice but to fight back. The second example of genocide was the Athenian genocide at Melos. In this genocide, after years of fighting the Athenians could no longer tolerate it and made the decision to send representatives to demand their surrender.
-Samantha Spoto

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This article talks about how the word genocide was created and the meaning behind it. Meaning the intent to destroy a particular group and the result of that intent destroying the particular group. The article looks back at examples of this definition of genocide in ancient times, specifically the Romans destroying Carthage in 146BCE and the Athens destroying Melos in 416BCE.
- Armando Mascherin

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This article explains what genocide is and how its name came to be. Although genocide is a relatively new word created in 1944 by Raphael Lemkin, this article points out how genocide has been around for thousands of years; but was commonly referred to as a massacre. Furthermore, it demonstrates two examples of genocide that occurred in the ancient world known today as the "Roman Genocide of Carthage" and the "Athenian Genocide at Melos". Both cases began with a city strong-arming the weaker one until war broke out, resulting in the genocide of an entire culture/city.

By: Devin Heyduk

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This article begins with explaining what genocide is and when the word was discovered (1944). What is genocide? Genocide is a thought out plan to destroy/kill another colony or group of people. The article continues to explain two elements that carry out the plan. (1. idea to destroy the group), (2.clear intent of the plan to annulate the specific group). The article then explains the genocide that occurred in Rome in 146 BCE. The genocide of Carthaginians against the roman military. The romans were not successful on the first attempt to kill the Carthaginians. Until the romans third attempt, the Carthaginians were victims of genocide. It then explains another genocide of the Athenians against the Melians that happened in 416 BCE.
- Sabrina Mohamud

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This article talks about the origins of genocide. Genocide started way earlier than we thought, starting off with the Roman Genocide of Carthage. Genocide is all about the extinction of a specific group of people. The Romans wanted to get rid of Carthage as a whole; its culture and people, and that is exactly what they did. Athenian Genocide at Melos was also a huge example of what genocide really is. At the end of the day, genocide is created within people who have a hatred for others who aren’t like/with them, meaning; people of different races, different beliefs, values and morals.

-Heroe Hosten

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The article talks about genocide, it tells that most people associate the word genocide with the Holocaust in world war 2. However it does say that there were two other events in ancient history that can be classified as genocide. Specifically the Roman invasion of Carthage and Athens massacre of Melos.  It then explains the events and explains why they are considered genocides, for the Romans it was a slaughter of the Carthaginians, there were survivors as well but it was a small portion of what was there.  And as for the Athens massacre of Melos, Athens sieged Melos and once they surrendered they had all military aged males slaughtered and sold the rest even if they were children they were sold as slaves.

Aeron Bansil

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The article is about the history of genocide and how it has been around forever even before the holocaust. It explains the definition of genocide and how it means to carry out actions of destruction to a whole group. It explains how genocide is within people and is a way to get what they want. The article explains both the Roman and Carthage war, the Athenian and Melos war, as well as the events that took place during those times.
- Celine White

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So from what I got from the article is that Genocide has been going on since the beginning of time pretty much. We see two great points in history with the first being  the Roman Genocide of Carthage because they didn’t like how different and powerful they were pretty much. The romans eventually won after years of fighting and went on to massacre majority of the city leaving round 30k-50k out of 100k-200k to go into slavery.The second is the Athenian Genocide of Melos. As a show of muscle, Athens decide to wipe Melos, “who were a neutral city” off the map. They knew Melos stood no chance against them and that it was an unfair battle. War eventually came and Melos were forced to surrender unconditionally to Athens. Athens went on to kill all men military age and sold the woman and children into slavery. In conclusion, the Word Genocide was created in the 1940’s but the act of Genocide has been around from the beginning of time.

Matthew Manhertz

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This article talks about the definition of Genocide and how the word had originated. Throughout this article you learn about the background between the humans and how it had genocide had occurred. It also shows the historical significance of the Roman Genocide of Carthage and how Genocide has existed for a long time. The thing about Genocide is that we only know and are taught the basics in School such as the Holocaust, but genocide has been around much longer and Humanity has experienced far more worse genocide than the Holocaust. - Anujan Navarajah

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In the article, 'Genocide in the Ancient World', it discusses the origins of the word genocide.  Since the word wasn't coined until the 1940's, did genocides occur before the word became to be. Genocide is the 'clear intent to carry out an action that results in the destruction of a unique group'. Using the definition of genocides, you can find some in the ancient world, for example the Roman destruction of Carthage in 146 BCE.

- Hannah Rutarindwa

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The article Genocide in the Ancient World, takes us through two viewpoints on the definition of Genocide. The first being the clear intent to carry out such actions against a group of people and taking out a specific group. The Article then goes into detail how this has been happening for centuries even though the term Genocide did not receive its name until 1944.  The article then links the two elements of genocide to the destruction of the Romans on the Carthage people.

Elliot G.

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This article explains the origins of the word genocide, and provides two elements that define genocide. The first element being intent, and the second being the annihilation of a certain group. The article also gives two examples of this which took place during the three Punic wars. The first being the Roman genocide of Carthage, and the second being the Athenian genocide of Melos.
-Jessica Wells

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This article explains where the word genocide was form and how it was created. It has always happened but didn't get a name for it until  1944. It also explains one of the first genocides Romans did and how many wars it took for it to happen. (Roman Genocide of Carthage). It also talks about
Athenian Genocide at Melos which wasn't far apart from one another - Josh konkle

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Genocide is something that has existed all throughout history, but started much earlier than we have all grown to know. Something I took away from this article is that I truly didn't know as much about Genocide, as it stems from the ancient world. The Romans had originally used it to gain power to ensure that they would be the ones to carry this power. -Courtney Ashby

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Genocide has always been part of the world we live in. This article talks about the history of genocide. In the Third Punic War The Romans erased all existence of Carthage and its people. In the first two wars the Romans gained a lot of control over them, but in the third they completely got rid of them once through their defenses.
Liam Taruffi

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In this article, we learn that genocide wasn't properly defined until 1944, but occurred much earlier throughout history. To be considered a genocide, two elements are needed- 1) clear intent to carry out the action, and 2) annihilating a particular group. With this definition, the author successfully linked two cases from the ancient world that fall under those elements. The Carthaginians became victims to the Roman Military in 146 BCE, as well as the Melians to the Athenians in 416 BCE.
By: Aleia S

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This article explores how we define genocide. It shows genocide in a historical context through the Roman Genocide of Carthage, and the Athenian Genocide at Melos. The message of this article is to convey that genocide has existed for a long time, possibly since human existence. It shows that although there may be similar circumstances in each situation, not all genocides look the same, and can be classified differently.

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After reading the article, Genocide in our Ancient World. It is clearly stated that genocide has been present since BCE era. We are often clouded by the most talked about genocides like the holocaust, that blur our perception of the earlier genocides, that are not nearly as talked about or educated on.  Geno is a geek word for race or tribe, and it is combined with side which is a Latin word for killing. There are two main elements needed ignorer for an event to be considered a genocide. There must be a clear intent on the behalf of the perpetrators to carry out the action and it is a result of an annihilation of a particular political, social, or cultural group. The article talks about the Roman Genocide of The Carthage and the Athenian Genocide at Melos. The Carthage element that made it a genocide was the Romans apparent intention to destroy Carthage, its people, and the culture. When the Carthage could no longer satisfy demands, this gave the Romans excuses for their actions. Lastly, speaking on the Athenian Genocide there was a clear intent on the behalf of the Athenians to destroy the Melians as a group and culture.

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This article talks about the definition of the word "Genocide" and where it originated from. You will also learn about the "Roman Genocide of Carthage" which carthage was located in Africa on the Mediterranean sea. You also will learn about the "Athenian Genocide at Melos" which was a greek island city-state and culture.

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The genocide of Carthaginians. The killing of the people of Carthaginians is definitely a genocide to me. Their buildings and properties were destroyed and their people eliminated. The Romans attempted to eliminate a whole entire community and their existence, it's nothing but a genocide in my perspective. The Romans has a clear intention of killing every one and taking their possession. Not only did the Romans murdered everyone, they even do all they could to destroy the culture and history of the Carthaginians. The Romans and The Carthaginians situation is definitely consider a genocide in my view.

-Ziggy,E

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In this article gives the definition of genocide having a clear intent to carry out the actions and the destruction of a whole group. There was also two examples of genocide where the Roman capture of Carthage and the Athenian massacre at Melos. The first example had the romans ordering the land be pulled down and built further in, which pushed the Carthaginians to fight. The second example is the Athenians sending representatives to the Melos island to demand their surrender.

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This article gives us 2 very good examples of genocide in ancient times.  It explains the back ground between the people and how the genocide occurred.  It proves that it can take years and years for genocide to happen, but the people behind it are usually so determined that they don't give up until they feel that they have accomplished their goal.
Mason Smithson

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The definition of genocide remains to have many interpretations but we learn that two vital things need to be present for something to be classified as genocide. The first is the intent to go through with it and massacre everybody in sight and the second is that it has to result in the destruction of a whole specific group. We learned that two instances of genocide have happened in the ancient world and the first one being Rome destroying their powerful over seas rival, Carthage. The Romans saw this plan as a must to be able to end all public speeches within their enemy tribes. The second ancient instance of genocide took place when the Athenians saw Melos as a weak, pushover Greek island, they attempted to force them into ridiculous debates including getting them to surrender, tear down their town, and forgo their weapons. After denying all of these, the Athens did not hold back killing all men and selling all kids and women as slaves, leaving Melos destroyed in the ground.

Ethan Do Couto

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This article shows us two examples of how genocide is determined. When there is a plan for complete destruction of another race and this plan is executed completely. When they not only eliminate the people but destroy the culture/history of this race in its entirety as well. It reminds me of how our laws came to be with mens rea and actus reus.

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The Carthaginians did not stand a chance against the Romans. They were faced with a complete annihilation of their people and civilization. The displays of terrorism shown by the Romans classifies this as a genocide. As for the Athenians, they carried out the same type of action against the Melians. Both people and their cultures were erased to ensure the superiority of the Roman and Athenian Empire.

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Carthage was a global superpower long before Rome,  it gained wealth not by conquering but by trading through the sea.  When Rome also joined that status they went at war, three to be precise.  During the first and second Punic war Rome had great victories resulting in them gaining control of the sea that Carthage used for trading. This starved out the people of Carthage and in 149 BCE the Third Punic war began, after three years the Romans broke through the defenses.  Once in the goal was not only to kill everyone but to leave no evidence of their existence. A Genocide.

-Conner Browne

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This article is about the genocide of Carthaginians. Not only were their buildings leveled and their people annihilated, the Romans attempted to erase their entire existence at any cost. to categorize a genocide, two elements must be displayed. A clear intent to decimate a race or culture, and the subsequent decimation of said race/culture.

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Genocide has always been part of the world since people have existed. The most popular modern time example of genocide is the holocaust, but in this article Gerard Mulligan looks at two examples of genocide that happened in the ancient world. First being the Roman Genocide of Cathage where the Romans had the intention of killing Cathage’s people and their culture, to ensure that the Romans remain dominant and continue to carry power. The second example of genocide in the ancient world talked about is the Athenian Genocide at Melos where the Athenians had the intention and followed through of wiping of the Melians and their culture. Though these forms of war were not to out of the ordinary in the ancient world it arguably can still fall under Lemkin’s definition of genocide as they were intentionally wiping out a different tribe.

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In this article it talks about the history of genocide, explaining that genocide was a thing long before the holocaust. The article explain genocide in death so that you can fully understand the concept and how ti was not just something that was created it is something people are born with.

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I have left a note at the end of the article with just some thoughts if you would like to read it.

This article essentially discussed and explained the history of the word "genocide" and how this word can be applied to ancient times. It explained the story of two different wars, the Roman and Carthage war as well as the Athenian and Melos war. It went over important information and from an unbias point of view, it explained the events of the wars in detail. To finish the article the author explains what is mandatory for genocide to occur and used those two wars as an example to support his statements.

On a side note, this article was so genuinely mind-boggling. Humanity is an insane species. To kill 200,000 defenseless people after the army who never even wanted to fight was defeated. This includes women, young kids, and babies. And how the Romans went about killing them is their foot soldiers literally went from house to house. That is honestly just borderline like what the actual f***. Like those were real people that had actual lives, stories, and dreams just like us.

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In this Article Gerard Mulligan explores the definition of Genocide as presented by Raphael Lemkin and the United Nations. He then explores how these definitions can be used to explore the "Roman Genocide of Carthage" and the "Atehnian Genocide at Melos". Mulligan puts forth arguments that these modern definitions can be used to describe these ancient events as Genocide rather than thinking of Genocide as a feature of the modern era.

Tony Hann

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This article talks about the history of genocide. That it is always been alive, from the historic times. People are greedy and nothing ever enough for them. Humans wants control over others and for those unhealthy reasons many killing occurs. This article tells us that it is not something that was made a couple years ago but it was within people, in their blood. It is very unfortunate that humans prefer a scary way of getting what they want instead of being civilize.

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Genocide has been present throughout human history on countless occasions. The word itself came from Polish writer Raphael Lemkin, and the modern understanding of genocide can be credited to Lemkin's work titled "Axis Rule in Occupied Europe." For a violent event to be deemed genocide, a predetermined plan and subsequent malicious violence aimed at a particular group/ population of individuals must be present. The article explores the above criteria and implies that genocide took place during the capture of Cartage and the massacre at Melos. These ancient events are noted to be the first major incidents of genocide and point towards these events as being the foundation for genocides that ensued in the centuries after the fact.
By: Conor Yeo

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Genocide has existed all throughout history from The nazis in Germany to the mass murders in Sri Lanka. Genocide is essentially a large amount of killing towards a certain race, ethnicity, religion or culture of people. The first ever genocide recorded was the Carthagian Genocide as that is what this article had mainly focused on.
Anujan Navarajah

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Genocide is an extremely old action that we have yet to shed from our instincts, and the fact that only in the last century did we discover what genocide truly is, is scary. Genocide in ancient times was less a mass killing of hundreds of thousands of people, but rather a cleansing of cultures and tribes of a few hundred to a few thousand; Much smaller in scale to today, but large none the less. The article shown depicts a description of one of the oldest genocides known in history currently, and paints a clear picture of what genocides look like.
Mackenzie Moran

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This article shows that the only thing relatively new is the term "Genocide". Acts of Genocide has been happening for centuries. The first documented Genocide was the Carthagian Genocide, where the effects of that genocide are still felt to this day. As the original people of Carthege is pretty much extinct

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Genocide means to wipe out a group, culture, race, religion entirely or at least make an attempt. This article covers 2 genocides that took place in the old world. The first being the genocide of the Carthaginians, during the siege of Carthage. The Romans sieged their city and then proceeded to go door to door massacring almost everyone and then taking the rest and selling them for slaves across Africa and Europe. The next part of the article talks about the Greek genocide at Melos. Simply put Melos was an island who claimed to be of spartan descent and during the greek conflict decided they would be impartial in all of it. Not being happy Athens sent representatives to force a "surrender". They refused and so any male of age who could fight was murdered and all women and children were sold and slaved. 

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Genocide means to wipe out a group, culture, race, religion entirely or at least make an attempt. This article covers 2 genocides that took place in the old world. The first being the genocide of the Carthaginians, during the siege of Carthage. The Romans sieged their city and then proceeded to go door to door massacring almost everyone and then taking the rest and selling them for slaves across Africa and Europe. The next part of the article talks about the Greek genocide at Melos. Simply put Melos was an island who claimed to be of spartan descent and during the greek conflict decided they would be impartial in all of it. Not being happy Athens sent representatives to force a "surrender". They refused and so any male of age who could fight was murdered and all women and children were sold and slaved. 

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- Robert Green

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Genocide means to wipe out a group, culture, race, religion entirely or at least make an attempt. This article covers 2 genocides that took place in the old world. The first being the genocide of the Carthaginians, during the siege of Carthage. The Romans sieged their city and then proceeded to go door to door massacring almost everyone and then taking the rest and selling them for slaves across Africa and Europe. The next part of the article talks about the Greek genocide at Melos. Simply put Melos was an island who claimed to be of spartan descent and during the greek conflict decided they would be impartial in all of it. Not being happy Athens sent representatives to force a "surrender". They refused and so any male of age who could fight was murdered and all women and children were sold and slaved.

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genocide has been part of history from a very long time holocaust is the most popular genocide in the present era. the article define about the genocide . this article mainly focus on the Rome and the Carthage and Athenian Genocide at Melos.

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The article we see here gives clear depictions of ancient genocides, this gives a clear cut answer that genocide existed and was practiced fat before the nazis or even the mongols. Though the term was not cultivated until 1945 we can see that as early as 146BC genocide was commuted. The two examples gives were the Roman-Carthaginian decimation as a result of the third and final Punic war and the Athenian massacre. The romans have used tactics such as this in many places throughout history such as the Jewish revolt of 64AD when Jerusalem was quite literally Erased off the face of the earth in a similar way to the manner in which Warsaw was erased during the final years of WW2. Human nature has and always will be capable of such actions when given enough incentive as we can see in all these examples.

Tony Armanious

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This article goes on to speak about how genocide has been present way before Hitler. Genocide is a word that was created by a Polish writer names Raphael Lemkin as far back as 1944 CE. For a situation to be considered 'genocide', someone or a group of people must have clear intentions on carrying out actions that result in the annihilation of a particular political, social or cultural group. With that in mind, the article then goes back in time depicting genocide in the ancient world. The first example being the Roman genocide of Carthage. The Romans laid siege on their city, which the Carthaginians tried to first come to peace. That didn't work, and the Romans demanded hostages and all arms in the city to be given up. However, that did not satisfy the Romans! They then demanded that Carthage be demolished and rebuilt further inland, which left them with no choice but to rebuttle. 146 BCE their defences failed, and many civilians of Carthage were killed. Then Romans moved house to house killing everyone, dropping population from 200,00 to 100,000. Which quickly dropped to 30,000-50,000 survivors who were then sold as slaves. The second example in the article speaks about the Athenian genocide of Melos. During the Pelopponnesion war with Sparta (431 BCE - 404 BCE), Melos was a Spartan Colony that chose to remain neutral during the war. However, the Athenians got fed up with that fact there was an impartial state in the Aegean Sea, so they sent representatives to Melos to demand surrender. Athenians new that the war would not be a fair fight, as they continued to refer to the Melians military as 'weak' and 'inferior'. Once the Melians surrendered unconditionally, it resulted in Athenians killing all military aged men and selling all women and children as sex slaves. Needless to say, both of these examples line up with Lemkin's theory on genocide, as both the Athenians and Romans had all intent to carry out actions to annihilate the Melians and Carthaginians as a whole culturally and politically.

Acacia Alexander-Miller

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This article explores two examples of genocide that occurred in BCE, illustrating that genocide has been apart of human history long before the well-known modern genocide, which is the Holocaust. This article also explored the definition of Genocide as first coined by Raphael Lemkin, and the modern legal definition of genocide in the UN adoption of the 'Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide' and although the definition of genocide is widely debated two elements are agreed upon. The elements are defined as one which is the intent of the perpetrators to carry out the action and the resulting annihilation of a particular political, social or cultural group. Genocides have existed long before our time, and continue to exist today.
By: Kardokh Tawfiq-Yousif

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This article shows that genocide has existed throughout history and although the Holocaust is the most well known genocide in modern times. The article uses two possible cases of genocide in the ancient world: the Roman destruction of Carthage in 146 BCE and the Athenian massacre at Melos in 416 BCE. After reading this article I learned the definition of genocide as well as the two elements need in order for an act to considered a genocide; which as stated by the article are: clear intent on behalf of the aggressor which result in annihilation of a specific group of people based on cultural, social and political group.

By: Kavdar Tawfiq

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The best way to summarize this article into very simple terms is to say that genocide has always been something affecting multiple nations since the BCE era. One great example that had been stated in the article was the war between the Romans and the Carthage city. Due to strong tensions between these 2 nations resulting from one not wanting to comply with the others demands this had resulted in a mass murder or a genocide. This was so one group could be perceived as a very violent group that will have no hesitation in destroying ones culture.
By: Jaden Donald-Gunter

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This article is about how genocide was defined during and after WWII. This article defines what modern day genocide is and how this can be applied to the  ancient world (B.C.E). The Roman capture of Carthage is covered in this article and explains why this can be seen as genocide and how it compares to modern day genocide.

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This article talks about genocide and how it did not start in WW2 and talks about ancient roman genocide. This article talked about the definition on genocide and how it needed intent to carry out the murders and has to be resulting annihilation of a particular political, social, cultural group. The article referred to the Roman Genocide and the Athenian Genocide, it described the Roman genocide as the romans would love to conquer neighbouring countries and how the third punic war broke out as the romans tried to invade the kingdom of Numidia in modern day Algeria and in response a massive roman army and began to lay siege to the city. The carthainians fought back and although holding out for 3 years the romans got in and the remaining people were sold as slave. The Anthenian genocide was about the destruction of the island city and culture of Melo’s. The Athenians felt they could no longer tolerate the presence of an impartial state in the aegan sea and therefore sent representatives to the island. The Athenians wanted to destroy the Melians as a group and a culture and the whole story of the trojan horse come into play and the war went on for 15 years.

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Genocide is the most heartbreaking scenario there is. So many innocent people have their lives taken, ruined and uprooted for the sake of greed.

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Genocide is not a modern idea and has been done for years, with evidence of it happening in ancient history. Two main elements needed for an event to be considered as genocide are a clear intent on the behalf of the perpetrators to carry out the action and the resulting annihilation of a particular political, social or cultural group. An example of this is Carthage. Carthage was as powerful as Rome in its prime but was decimated by Rome after holding itself for three years.

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The article goes on to explain the evolution of the term 'Genocide'
First it originated from the Greek words Geno, and Cide, respectively meaning, Tribe and race, as well as the word for Killing.
It was then refined and modernized to gain a definition from Lemkin who was a resistance fighter against Germany in WW2. He called it a coordinated plan which was aimed at the destruction of essential foundations of life.
The second modern refinement of the definition was then introduced by the United Nations which labeled Genocide as the intend to destroy in whole, or in part, a national, ethnic, radical or religious group.
After understanding this, the article then goes on to account two very early genocides that fit this new definition.

The Athenian invasion of Melos:

Melos had claimed decent from Sparta but held no place in wars, and the Athens could no longer tolerate the impartial state, so they demanded surrender. This of course was met with refusal despite lack of military power, and resulted in decimation of their people. Not even women and children were spared, they were sold off as slaves while the men were murdered.

Then there's the Roman destruction of Carthage:
Carthage grew by setting up trading contracts which highly contrasted Rome and their growth via war and conquers. Their differences also lay within the governments, where Carthage was more aristocratic, Rome was more  supposedly of a Democracy.
Due to their mass growth and title of super powers on either side of the Mediterranean sea, they were bound to clash and did during the Three Punic Wars, where Rome reigned superior after mass murder throughout the invasions of Sicily, and Numidia when Carthage had originally invaded and then sought peace once Rome was then involved and gave them terms that could not be fulfilled to avoid war.
By: Alice Goodberry

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The Article talks about two genocides happening in the ancient times -Rome and the Carthage and Athenian Genocide at Melos.  From these two events we can clearly see why they have been labeled to be genocides  . The first, is the clear intention to carry such action. As we can see from the Romans intention to destroy Carthage's people and culture no matter what. The second is the massive amount of victims which suffered this action.
Name: Taher Dameh

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The word Genocide was first used in 1944 by Raphael Lemkin. Genocide is defined as intent to destroy a particular people based on race, nationality or religion.
Genocide is wrongly assumed to be only an issue in the modern world historians have made the case that two examples from the ancient world should be considered.
The Genocide of Carthridge is an event in history that is widely accepted as a valid case Genocide. Carthridge was the mediteranian opposing power to the roman.
Rome eventually seized control of Carthridge, placing impossible to complete tasks on them, Carthridge was unable to meet the demands and the Romans used as an opportunity to bring Carthridge down.

Melos suffered an similiar kind of genocide after remaining neutral among-st on going conflict, their men killed and the rest sold into slavery.

This article gives clear and cut examples of how genocide is not a new phenomenon in human history, its even possible that are even older examples of genocide that we have not yet come cross.

By: Javon Cadogan

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Although the term Genocide wasn't created/used until 1944 to describe the Holocaust, the idea of systematically erasing a group of people through whatever means necessary has been around much longer.
The Three Punic Wars is an example of genocide in 146 BCE. It started with tension and war between the superpower Rome and Carthage. After three wars, Rome conquered Carthage and placed high demands on their surrender. Three years under the rule of Rome, roman soldiers were sent in to massacure everyone in the city. Historians do not have an exact number of victims but some estimate 100,000 and others estimate as many as 200,000 were killed.

Another example of an ancient genocide is the Athean genocide at Melos in 416 BCE. While Athens was at war with the Spartans, the Atheans decided that the island of Melos; which was of Spartan decent but was independent at the time, needed to be destroyed. The Atheans acknowledged that Melos had been neutral throughout the war but still demanded their surrender. When their surrender was not enough, they murdered all of the military aged men and sold all of the women and children into slavery. This was not seen as a mercy but as a final measure to ensure that the people of Melos were no more.

By Dani McMullen

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The word genocide in its litteral meaning derived from Greek and Latin terms is race killing.

For a genocide to occur there has to be clear intent to follow through on a plan that results in the destruction of a specific political, social, or cultural group(mulligan, 2013) .

In ancient times Rome can be considered to have committed the act of genocide against Carthage. Rome made unrealistic demands and provoked a war so that they could slaughter the carthaginian people and burn the city.

Genocide can also be seen in the conflict between the Athenian Empire and Sparta. Despite melos being a small island and neutral in the war its connection as a spartan colony lead Athens to lay siege on the island, killing all the men who were of age to become soilders and enslaving the women and children.
By: Tharusan Satkunabavan

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This article highlights two horrific events that took place in ancient time and explains exactly what features about them makes them a genocide. The top criteria for an event being marked as a genocide, are that the opposing power has a completely clear intent and wishes to completely remove the group they find unfavourable from existence. The actual word "genocide" was first created in  1944 by Raphael Lemkin, a Polish writer. The root of the word comes from the Greek word "geno-", meaning tribe or race, and the Latin word "-cide", meaning killing.  The UN adopted this term into their legislature in 1948, defining genocide as ‘intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group’ in their Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. It is important to create words for such things, they can be better called out and dealt with in an efficient manner.

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Genocide is a word created in 1944 by Raphael Lemkin, which was also redefined in 1948 by the UN. The exact meaning of the word is hotly debated but for something to be defined as genocide,  there must be clear intent of a group of people to carry out an annihilation of a particular political, social or cultural group. Genocide being defined before world war two was difficult to do due to the common ancient wars and destruction that happened during that time. Two of the earliest examples of genocide can be found when Rome annihilated Carthage, and when the Athenians annihilated Melos.

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The word "Genocide" is from the 20th century but the action and consequences of genocide has  been around for a long time.  The article focuses on the earliest dated genocide that occurred in human history and explains the story of two genocides that happend not far from one another.
by: Maiwan

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This article is written to give readers and insight to what is considered to be the first genocides ever recorded. Both of the the acts committed had a very clear motive, which was to annihilate an entire culture

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My understanding of the word Genocide has changed. I use to believe the definition was simple – the mass killing of a particular race or culture. However, after reading this article, it was also put forth that Genocide includes two distinct elements: A clear intent to carry out the operation  and the resulting extermination of a whole group of people.
It would appear the both the Roman Genocide of Carthage and the Athenian Genocide at Melos meet these two criteria, in that, the intent to conquer and destroy was clear and the destruction of a whole culture and its people, occured.

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After reading the article “Genocide in the Ancient World” I realized that Genocide has been around a lot longer than I expected. The article how the Third Punic War started between the two expansion and religious ideologies of Rome and Carthage. I believe it gave a good representation of the term “Genocide”.

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"Genocide in the ancient world" is an article written to inform people about the ancient history of genocide, by giving a few examples and information into the wordage and creation of the term genocide. the article starts off by mentioning one of the most commonly mentioned genocides, being the holocaust and that the actual term genocide was only semi-recently picked up. it breaks down the word it self and shows its origins. The article then follows up by explaining the Roman Genocide of Carthage, going into detail about the three Punic wars and how it ended with the romans razing and destroying Carthage and its peoples. Following this the article goes into the Athenian Genocide at Melos. it goes on to explain that the Athenians went to Melos due to their past of being a spartan colony. although Melos seemed to be neutral the Athenians demanded their surrender. After refusing to do so the Athenians destroyed Melos and sold the women and children as slaves. this article goes to show that genocide isn't something that just plagues modern times but rather has its roots buried deep into ancient history.

by: Michael Stanisic

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After reading the article "Genocide in the ancient world" I now know that genocide has been going on for a very long time. I've never had a great understanding of what genocide was until now.  As far as I know genocide is when someone aims for completely taking out another ethical group of individuals and what happened in this article is just that. After a long running feud between the Athenians and Spartans the Athenian empire went after a small colony. This colony was claiming to be descendants of Spartans. The Athenian's wanted them to surrender but when they refused a long and horrific battle took place. When they finally surrendered all the men were killed off and everyone else was either sold into slavery or killed off as well. There was also the time when the Romans wall was breached it happened the same way the battle with the Athenians and the colony only this time the battle was bigger. Once the Romans finally surrendered most of the people were killed and the very few people who lived were put into slavery. Yes, I believe geocide has been going on for a very long time and this article is a perfect example of that.

By: Summer-rose Cox

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The article “Genocide in the Ancient World” starts by giving the reader insight into the modern history of the word “Genocide”. The author states that the major perception of genocide is that it’s only something that began fairly recently in our history with the events that occurred during the second world war, however evidence suggests that humans have been practitioners of this heinous act from as early as 416 BCE. The oldest account of genocide happened more than 2000 years ago, in ancient Greece. During a long-running feud between the Athenians and the Spartans, the Athenian empire turned their attention to a small and weak island nation of individuals claiming to be descendants of Spartans and demanded their immediate surrender. When the island nation refused, a long-drawn-out siege of the island occurred, and when they finally surrendered all Military aged men were killed off, and all women and children were sold into slavery, and the island nation’s legacy was wiped clean. Another example of genocide in history was the Roman genocide of Carthage. After a series of three wars named “The punic wars”, Rome had greatly diminished the Carthaginian empire’s influence in the Mediterranean and northern Africa. Carthage, militaristically weak compared to the might of the roman empire surrendered to the Romans, but when the roman’s demands were impossible to fulfill they had no choice but to continue fighting. When Roman forces finally breached the city walls, the 100,000 to 200,000 inhabitants were systematically slaughtered, and the 30,000 to 50,000 survivors were sold into slavery. The Romans made sure there was nothing left of Carthage, Cementing themselves as the Mediterranean’s only superpower at the time. Genocide is not a modern concept, and our own bloody history proves this statement.

Written by Zach McMaster

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This is a very interesting article, after reading the article I have learned that the genocide began a long time ago, b
before I read this article, I though the genocide started 50 years ago but it started way before, I was wrong and did not know much about the genocide, this article opened my eyes, and the only think that knew about the genocide was, it is a crime against the humanity. Therefore, hope Romans and Athenians both criminals got punished.
by Abdoulfatah Ahmed

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"Genocide in The Ancient World'  brings the reader to a time that predated the word itself. Genocide  wasn't coined until 1944 CE by Polish writer Raphael Lemkin (1900-1959) who combined the word 'geno' from the Greek word for race or tribe, with 'cide' which is taken from the Latin word to kill. The two examples in this article had Roman and Carthaginians, and the Athenian Genocide of Melos.
At the time Carthage was located where present day Tunis, Tunisia is. Carthage grew its power through trade-reaching far to the north in Britain, and south to what is now Gabon in  central Africa. Ultimately all inhabitants of Carthage were systematically killed by the disciplined legions who moved door to door, slaughtering inhabitants of Carthage as they fled their burning homes. While actual numbers vary from 100,000 to 200,000 was 'substantial' and no doubt unprecedented in European world.  While it wasn't uncommon for the killing of all inhabitants of a city-state who refused to surrender, one must carefully examine this before it can earn the label of genocide. Rome wanted Carthage and all history of it destroyed in order to secure the political and cultural dominance of Rome itself.

While the genocide of Carthage took place in 149 BCE, the Athenian genocide against Melos took place some three centuries before in 416 BCE.  When Athens took a break from fighting against Sparta in the Peloponnesian war, they turned their attention to Melos-claimed to have descended from a Spartan colony- who had remained neutral during the Sparta/Athens war. Unable to tolerate the impartial state, Athens sent representatives to the island, demanding their surrender. Initially Melos refused to surrender to the much superior military Athenians, but ultimately did so-resulting in the deaths of some 1500 men of military age, and selling the women and children into slavery-a supposed act of mercy that destroyed Melian society and its culture. This act was two fold. It rid Athens of a neutral entity- albeit one whose ancestry traced to their enemy, but it also served as a warning to Athens' allies that it might be best to remain loyal in the war against Sparta.
Anne Clarke

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This article titled "Genocide in The Ancient World" gives the readers a well structured definition and example of genocide in the history of the human race. It tells us how the word of 'genocide' was put together. The Punic wars were given as an example, and they featured Rome and different races across Europe and the Mediterranean with thousands killed.  The other example the article gives in on the Athenian genocide at Melos, it states that even after the Melians surrendered the Athenians still killed all soldiers and slaved the woman and children. The Athenians went with the full intention knowing they had more power than the Melians and still killed those people. Both examples follow the elements of genocide and show that human nature has been cruel throughout history.
- Joey Lewis

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"Genocide in The Ancient World" Shows examples of genocide in ancient times , taking place before the Holocaust.  Beginning by defining genocide as the killing (cide) of tribes (geno) and explaining Polish writer Rapheal Lemkins requirements for something to be named genocide being, "There is a clear intent on the behalf of the perpetrators to carry out the action and the resulting annihilation of a particular political, social or cultural group." Two past instances of genocide are brought up to compare to the definitions. the first being the  Roman Genocide of Carthage in witch the main focus involved the Roman army  invading the Kingdom of Numidia and killing around 50,00 people. The second example fallows the Athenian Genocide at Melos where Athenians siege Melos and kill all men of military age, the rest were takes as slaves.

By: Devan McQuaker

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This article gives a brief overview on two specific incidents considered Genocide prior to the Holocaust, namely the Roman Genocide of Carthage and the Athenian Genocide at Melos.  These annihilation's of a population are debatable as to whether it is considered genocide because historians debate the intentions  the empires.  Genocide was clearly defined after World War Two and must incorporate two clear elements to meet the criteria for being considered Genocide.  The key elements are the intention to carry out the action and the final result being the destruction of the group intended.
-Jennifer Rew

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The article "Genocide in The Ancient World" explains the historical evidence of genocide before the Holocaust. It raises two examples of genocide that occurred in the "ancient world". Firstly, the author writes about the Roman genocide of carthage and explains how it could be determind a genocide; a specific group of people were targeted and killed for gain of the romans. Lastly, the article raises the Athenian genocide and the author writes of the purpose of gain by wiping out the specific groups. This articles purpose was to have readers educated on the requirements to call something genocide, and raising the idea that genocide has been a constant cycle for even humanitys earlyier days. It made me think that genocide has always come in vicissutudes and perhaps always will.
Summer Daly

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this article uses the ancient world to show the origin of the word "Genocide", which comes from the Polish writer Raphael Lemkin who took the words "geno" from greek and "cide" from latin, meaning race/tribe and killing respectably. this shows that there have been genocides throughout history before the 20th century.

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the article lets us know the holocaust was not the first genocide and what is considered a genocide. A main event in which the clear intent was to get rid of or carry out an action of the extinction of a group, religion ,culture. They called this the roman destruction of Carthage in 146 BCE. In 146 BCE there defenses failed and Romans got in and the people were massacred with at least 100,00 people being killed wish was in herd of in the European world at the time until then. Many were sold into slavery and there city was set on fire and demolished.

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The article "Genocide in the Ancient World" discuses how genocide was around long before the Holocaust. The article shows events from BCE to prove how long genocide has been around. The events mentioned were the Roman Genocide of Carthage and the Athenian Genocide of Melos. The article mentions how in BCE is was common to massacre a city-state if they would not surrender. Although in these two specific events there was a clear intention to destroy the people and their culture making it genocide.

By:Brianne Bardocz

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This article uses the ancient world to show that Genocide was something that occurred way before the Holocaust was even set into place. It also tries to explain how hard it can be to determine if something is actually an act of genocide. The examples in the article: Roman Genocide of Carthage and Athenian genocide at Melos are primes examples of killing off a specific group of people at the hands of the aggressor(s). Their goals were to completely wipe out or destroy another group/civilization of people. If you dig a little deeper you will always find acts of genocide well before it was ever "created/named" and before it came known as a term.

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The article gives us the origin of the term genocide which came from  Polish writer Raphael Lemkin who combined the Greek/Latin words Geno and Cide translated meaning Race/Tribe death. The article goes onto explain that genocide is not a new construct and has in fact been around for just about as long as recorded history, it speaks about both the Punic wars and the  Athenians annihilation of the independent and neutral island state of Melos during the Peloponnesian war. both example share the essence of the victims homes culture and lives being destroyed by the aggressor.

summarised by: William Sabyan

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The article starts by explaining the origin of the word 'genocide' and how it was created by Polish writer Raphael Lemkin. It then goes on to explain two early examples of genocide way before the Holocaust; Roman Genocide in Carthage and Athenian Genocide at Melos. The article explains that for something to be considered genocide, it must include a "clear intention to carry out the action and the resulting destruction of a whole unique group." Also, although the term was only created because of the events of World War II, there are some examples of genocide taking place way before that.

By:Jalen Smith-Pelly

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This article shows us that genocide has been apart of our history for a long time before the holocaust. The destruction of Carthage is an example of genocide in 149 BCE. Another example of genocide is the
Athenian genocide at Melos in 416 BCE.

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This article shows us a BCE (Before Common Era) example of genocide. This article concludes that there are many elements in describing what genocide means. The two main elements that define it is the intent of the perpetrators to carry out the action and the elimination or annihilation of a religious, political, social, or cultural group of people. The word genocide originated in 1994 by a Polish writer named Raphael Lemkin, it comes from the Greek word 'geno' which means race or tribe and 'cide' which is the Latin word for killing. It then goes on to tell us that Carthage was located in Africa where the modern city of Tunis is now located today which is around 400 miles from Rome. the Third Punic War broke out in 149 BCE. in response to this a huge roman army began to lay siege to the city. The Carthaginians refused to tear down the city and move it further inland. After three years of fighting the Romans massacred the residents of the city and burned it down, destroying the Carthaginian culture. while killing all inhabitants of a city was common in this era, the destruction of the Carthaginian people's culture marks the actions of the Romans as a genocide.

By: Kyle Orell

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In this article, it talks about how genocides have been around long before the holocaust. It states that the word genocide was established in 1944 by a Polish writter by the name Raphael Lemkin. This originated from the Greek word 'Geno' which means race or tribe and the Latin word 'cide' meaning killing. The article also talks about two different genocides in the antient world. First being, the Roman destruction of Carthage and second being, the Athenian massacre at Melos. Genocides are made up of two main components, ending a race or tribe and the destruction of a whole group.

Tia Sgarbossa

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This article defines the term genocide and talks about two events that are can be labelled as genocide; Roman Genocide of Carthage and Athenian Genocide at Melos. For an event to be considered a genocide, it needs to have two things; destroying a race or tribe with the full intent to annihilate them.  These two elements come from the word genocide itself. Geno is the Greek word for race or tribe. Cide is the Latin word for killing.

By: Emily Guenette

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This article states that genocide has been around for many centuries. The word genocide was first coined in 1944 by the Polish writer Raphael Lemkin who constructed the word from the greek word 'geno' meaning race or tribe and 'cide' the latin word for kiling. Lemkin described genocide as satisfying a coordinated plan of different actions aiming at the destruction of essential foundations of the life of national groups, with the aim of annihilating the groups themselves. The events that took place during the Roman capture of Carthage and the Athenian massacre at Melos constructed genocide. Genocide must include two clear elements: a clear intent to carry out the action and the resulting destruction of a whole unique group.
Desiree Kilroy

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This article shows that Genocide has been apart of our history long before the Holicaust. It shows where genocide started and also thoroughly explains the meaning behind the word itself. "Geno" meaning race or tribe and "cide" meaning killing. As stated in the article, there are two main elements needed for an event to be considered as genocide, which is clear intent as well as destruction of a particular group. With that being said, the article clearly explains the two major events of " The Roman destruction of Carthage" and " The Athenian massacre at Melos".

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This Article does a great job at describing some of the earliest examples of genocide. The article also said what the main point is that classifies something as a genocide which was, having a clear intent to annihilate this country, group of people, or religion. And both examples showed that when the Romans wanted to destroy Carthage and their people and they were gonna do it no matter what, and with the Athenians annihilating the Melians because they saw them as weak and inferior to them.

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This article does an exemplary job of covering the beginning of Genocide. Genocide comes from the Greek (Geno) and Latin terms (-Cide) meaning killing of a race or tribe. It went on to explain the two main elements for it to be classified as a genocide, stating that there needs to be clear intent which results in annihilation of a group. Many people automatically think of the holocaust as the beginning of genocide, but the article can point out two main events in history, the Roman destruction of Carthage and the Athenian massacre at Melos. In regards to the first genocide, it occurred because Rome wanted to be seen as dominant over the surrounding areas and wanted to destroy anyone and anything that got in there ways. With the Athenian massacre,  men of military age were killed and women and children were sold as slaves just so a message can be sent that they need to support Sparta in war.

Nicole Van der Schilden

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People have been killing each other for a long time. Sometimes the best way to ensure an enemy remains gone is to kill all of them and disperse the rest. Also in times where it was more difficult to keep prisoners it was easier to simply execute potential threats or individuals with no more use.
Matthew Collat

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After reading this article I have already learned a lot on genocide. In summary, Genocide in not a limited to modern days but has been around for many centuries. Genocide has always been seen as a way to secure one way of something over another, ie; ones political and cultural way over another's. It is done by a mass killing of a race or tribe. It demolishes one culture so the other can dominate. And I for one do not see genocide ever not being a thing. It may be seen differently in modern days, however it is for the same results. The results usually ends in the defeated having a bad name or just forgotten about.