The salting was metaphorical in Rome’s case, but both were deliberate genocides. It wasn’t about “liking” buffalo, the extermination campaign was started because the Plains tribes needed buffalo. The public wouldn’t tolerate an outright genocide, but they would tolerate the destruction of the herds.
That wins. The pettiest motive.
Rome vs Carthage. Romans beat them up then poured tons of salt on the fields so that they could never grow crops and rebuild. Just to be mean.
The salting was metaphorical in Rome’s case, but both were deliberate genocides. It wasn’t about “liking” buffalo, the extermination campaign was started because the Plains tribes needed buffalo. The public wouldn’t tolerate an outright genocide, but they would tolerate the destruction of the herds.