Carthaginian peace
Americannoun
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the treaty by which Rome reduced Carthage to the status of a puppet state in 201 b.c.
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any brutal peace treaty demanding total subjugation of the defeated side.
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Instead, by imposing a Carthaginian peace, they undercut the moderates and strengthened extremists.
From Time Magazine Archive
His vision of a Carthaginian peace was greeted by near-universal condemnation.
From Time Magazine Archive
Peace, Carthaginian, peace, and hear me, Dost thou not know, that on the very man Thou hast insulted, Barce's fate depends?
From The Inflexible Captive A Tragedy, in Five Acts by More, Hannah
The Seven Years' War ended in terms of the deepest humiliation for France—a "Carthaginian peace."
From A History of Sea Power by Stevens, William Oliver
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