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Re: Carthage?

From:Rodlox <rodlox@...>
Date:Tuesday, November 30, 2004, 16:17
----- Original Message -----
From: Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: Carthage?


> Quoting Rodlox <Rodlox@...>: > > > > There's supposed to be a few inscriptions from Roman times of Punic > > written in > > > Roman letters. It would be strange if there was _nothing_ left from > > pre-Roman > > > times, but I can't recall having heard of any. I suppose they'll have
used
> > some > > > form of the Phoenician alphabet. > > > > yes, that one. > > > > my apologies for saying _pre-Roman_...I'd meant the era before Rome
razed
> > Carthage to the ground. > > > > sorry. > > I'm not sure what else pre-Roman could mean in context
before Rome ever existed.
> - in any case that was > the meaning in which I understood it in your original message, and used in
my
> previous post.
okay; thank you. I just wanted to be clear, to avoid any confusion.