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Embrace the Cedars
No, you’re not — you can’t argue against scientific evidence and genetic statistics. Lebanese people are the only population in the world with over 90% Phoenician DNA.The name of the river in my city is Arade, which comes from the Phoenician word Arvad. The Phoenicians were here and lived until the Romans expelled them more than 2000 years ago.
Maybe I'm even more Phoenician than you, and you don't see me bragging about it. You're a Muslim, and most of the Muslim world stagnated in the Middle Ages. It's a fact.
The Romans never expelled anyone; it was during the Third Punic War that Rome ultimately destroyed Carthage.
Hannibal crushed the Romans even though he was often outnumbered. He defeated them multiple times, such in at the Battle of Trebia, Battle of Lake Trasimene, and Battle of Cannae…carthage was eventually destroyed because, in the end, every empire meets its downfall.