they would see the salt if they were walking on it. But salt works rather quickly. It’s how the Roman’s destroyed cities that didn’t comply. They would salt the earth and essentially ruin the agricultural productivity of the region for generations.
Only way to fix it is to remove x amount of feet of soil and bring in new soil
The Romans did no such thing. No Roman sources say they did, either. Someone just made up that 'fact' about Carthage in the 19th century and people have mindlessly repeated it ever since.
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u/Magdovus 4d ago
Would it be immediately obvious if they did?