I took Latin in high school. My teacher would tell us all kinds of stories, and the phrase is from that. Snap must be destroyed!
(Rome was rivals with Carthage, and one senator really, really hated Carthage and wanted it gone so he would end everything he said - everything - with Carthage must be destroyed. "So in conclusion, we should lower the taxes on in the southwest this season. Carthage must be destroyed." And then they destroyed Carthage. I think the point he was making was about tense, but I was busy thinking about how I suddenly wanted to become a senator just to do that. Awesome.)
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Date: 2007-11-05 12:49 am (UTC)(Rome was rivals with Carthage, and one senator really, really hated Carthage and wanted it gone so he would end everything he said - everything - with Carthage must be destroyed. "So in conclusion, we should lower the taxes on in the southwest this season. Carthage must be destroyed." And then they destroyed Carthage. I think the point he was making was about tense, but I was busy thinking about how I suddenly wanted to become a senator just to do that. Awesome.)