Many cities in history were totally wiped out. This includes the city of Thebes in the Greek empire wiped out by Alexander the Great. Alexander is still worshiped today by liberal leaders as a ruthless pragmatist.
The most ridiculous thing about these "genocides" is that they rarely mention many women being killed. Not that historians would like to record the murder of children and women. But this phrase comes up time and again. They sold the "women and children into slavery" - Search results - Wikipedia
Women survive, men brutally die.
The most ridiculous thing about these "genocides" is that they rarely mention many women being killed. Not that historians would like to record the murder of children and women. But this phrase comes up time and again. They sold the "women and children into slavery" - Search results - Wikipedia
Women survive, men brutally die.
City | What Happened to the City | Fate of the Women |
Carthage (Tunisia) | Destroyed by the Romans in 146 BCE during the Third Punic War. The city was razed, and its population massacred or enslaved. | Surviving women were enslaved and taken by Roman forces. Many became concubines or domestic slaves, as was common Roman practice. |
Troy (Turkey) | Destroyed by the Greeks (likely around 12th century BCE), as described in Homer’s Iliad. The city was sacked and burned. | Trojan women were enslaved. Noblewomen like Cassandra and Andromache were taken as war prizes and concubines by the Greek victors. |
Jerusalem (70 CE) | Destroyed by the Romans during the Siege of Jerusalem. The city was razed, and the Second Temple was destroyed. | Many women were killed, raped, or enslaved. Thousands were sold into slavery or forced into prostitution in Roman territories. |
Numantia (Spain) | Destroyed by the Romans in 133 BCE after a prolonged siege. The population resisted fiercely but ultimately fell. | Many women committed mass suicide alongside the men to avoid capture. Those who survived were enslaved by the Romans. |
Babylon (Iraq) | Destroyed by the Persian king Xerxes in 482 BCE after a rebellion. The city was sacked and depopulated. | Women were likely enslaved or forcibly assimilated into Persian society. Specific accounts are scarce. |
Baghdad (Iraq) | Destroyed by the Mongols in 1258 CE. The city was sacked, and hundreds of thousands were killed, marking the end of the Abbasid Caliphate. | Women were raped, killed, or enslaved. Many were taken as concubines by Mongol soldiers. The massacre was one of the bloodiest in history. |
Tenochtitlán (Mexico) | Destroyed by Spanish forces under Hernán Cortés in 1521. The Aztec capital fell after months of siege. | Aztec women were enslaved by the Spanish. Many were taken as concubines or servants, while others died in the violence of the conquest. |
Hatra (Iraq) | Destroyed by the Sassanian Empire in 241 CE after a siege. The city’s defenses were breached, and it was sacked. | Women were likely enslaved or killed, as was typical of ancient warfare. Specific records of their fate are not detailed. |
Palmyra (Syria) | Sacked by the Romans in 273 CE after Queen Zenobia’s rebellion. The city was looted and partially destroyed. | Many women were killed or enslaved. Noblewomen, including Queen Zenobia, were taken captive; Zenobia was paraded in Rome as a prisoner. |
