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The Punic Wars, even though at the time were considered the biggest wars that had ever happened, were miniscule in comparison with WW2 regarding casualty rates.
Also the Romans only obliterated Carthage in the Third Punic War, which had the lowest casualty rate of all the three wars. What I'm trying to say is the Punic Wars and WW2 are not comparable.
This arguably makes it harder to justify. It wasn't just one overpowered psychopath who had infinite influence over the people who convinced them to think slaughtering Indians was fine, it was collectively accepted and justified as gods own doing.