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Why was Carthage at odds with Rome?

Having made a stop at the Sicilian coast, Aeneas and his companions headed northeast to the shores of Italy. However, Juno (Hera), in order to prevent the Trojans from founding a new city here, persuaded Eol to release the winds, which he looked after on behalf of Jupiter (Zeus), and a terrible storm arose on the sea. Intervened by Neptune (Poseidon) calmed the waves, but by this time most of the Trojan ships had sunk.

Aeneas, on one of the surviving ships, was thrown to the African coast near Carthage, which was then being built by Queen Dido, who gave the Trojans a warm welcome. Concerned about the welfare of her son, Venus (Aphrodite) sent Cupid (Eros) to Dido to make her fall in love with Aeneas. Juno, in turn, also decided to marry Aeneas to Dido and detain him forever in Carthage. She arranged so that when Aeneas and Dido were hunting together, a thunderstorm broke out, from which they took refuge in a cave, where they became lovers.

Aeneas was already going to stay in Carthage and marry Dido, but Jupiter sent Mercury (Hermes) to him with an order not to forget about his destiny and sail to Italy. Obeying the will of the gods, Aeneas left the hospitable Carthage.

Unable to bear the separation from her beloved, Dido committed suicide. Before she climbed the fire and plunged the sword of Aeneas into her chest, she predicted the enmity of Carthage with Rome.

Author: Kondrashov A.P.

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Pinnipeds are mammals whose limbs have turned into fins, which they use when swimming as oars. The three main families of pinnipeds are walruses, sea lions and seals. All of them are carnivores. These aquatic predators have the same ancestors as those of the earth, such as dogs, cats, and bears. Probably millions of years ago, one group of carnivores moved into the sea and gradually adapted to life in it.

Now about thirty species of pinnipeds live in the world's oceans. Most of them live in the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean and in the parts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans surrounding Antarctica. Several species of them live in warm waters, and even fewer in fresh water lakes.

Since pinnipeds spend most of their lives in the water, they have adapted very well to such an existence. They are all excellent swimmers. Their bodies are streamlined, with a thick layer of fat underneath their skin that adds to their buoyancy and helps retain heat. The fat layer also serves as a food reserve when necessary. Pinnipeds are first-class divers. They can dive underwater in search of food to a depth of sixty to ninety meters. Many of them have large eyes that see well in the dark depths of the sea. When pinnipeds are underwater, their nostrils close. Most of them have sharp, backward-curved teeth with which they grab and hold prey, and then send it down the throat.

Pinnipeds are collectivists and live together for a long time in large herds, especially during the mating season and when cubs are born. All of them, intending to bear offspring, return to the earth, in any case, to the coastal edge of the ice. Young pup seals, sea lions and walruses are born sighted, and their body is covered with thick hair or down.

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