Carthaginian peaces
Carthaginian peaces is the plural of Carthaginian peace.
Meaning of Carthaginian peace
Noun
Carthaginian peace (usually uncountable, plural Carthaginian peaces)
- Peace maintained with devastating consequences for one of the parties involved; a very harsh peace, particularly one that results in the defeated side being destroyed or nearly so.
- To be sure, the Treaty of Versailles was not a Carthaginian peace as many contemporaries, most notably John Maynard Keynes, believed. Germany was not crippled as an economic power. It remained the most populous state in Europe, its industrial potential was largely intact, and with the demise of the...2015, Stephen Gross, Export Empire, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 50–51
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- Carthaginian peaces is the plural of Carthaginian peace.
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