| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
xviii, 521 unnumbered pages, [16] pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 452-486) and index. |
| Contents |
Feeding the beast: the Phoenicians and the discovery of the West -- New city: the rise of Carthage -- The realm of Heracles-Melqart: Greeks and Carthaginians in the Central Mediterranean -- The economy of war: Carthage and Syracuse -- In the shadow of Alexander the Great: Carthage and Agathocles -- Carthage and Rome -- The First Punic War -- The camp comes to Carthage: the mercenaries' revolt -- Barcid Spain -- Don't look back -- In the footsteps of Heracles -- The road to nowhere -- The last age of heroes -- The desolation of Carthage -- Punic faith. |
| Subject |
Carthage (Extinct city) -- History.
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Rome -- History -- Republic, 265-30 B.C.
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Hannibal, 247 B.C.-182 B.C.
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| ISBN |
9780670022663: $35.00 |
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0670022667 |
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