Carthage Must Be Destroyed The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization
by Miles, RichardFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2012-06-26
Publisher(s): Penguin Books
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Summary
The first full-scale history of Carthage in decades, "Carthage Must Be Destroyed" reintroduces modern readers to the larger-than-life historical players and the ancient glory of this almost forgotten civilization.
Author Biography
Richard Miles teaches ancient history at the University of Sydney and is a Fellow-Commoner of Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge. He has written widely on Punic, Roman, and Vandal North Africa and has directed archaeological excavations in Carthage and Rome. He divides his time between Sydney, Australia, and Cambridge, England.
Table of Contents
| List of Illustrations | p. xi |
| List of Maps | p. xiv |
| Chronology | p. xv |
| Acknowledgements | p. xx |
| Prologue: The Last Days of Carthage | p. 1 |
| Introduction: Recovering Carthage | p. 6 |
| Feeding the Beast: The Phoenicians and the-Discovery of the West | p. 24 |
| New City: The Rise of Carthage | p. 58 |
| The Realm of Heracles-Melqart: Greeks and / Carthaginians in the Central Mediterranean | p. 96 |
| The Economy of War: Carthage and Syracuse | p. 112 |
| In the Shadow of Alexander the Great: Carthage and Agathocles | p. 139 |
| Carthage and Rome | p. 157 |
| The First Punic War | p. 177 |
| The Camp Comes to Carthage: The MercenariesÆ Revolt | p. 200 |
| Barcid Spain | p. 218 |
| Don't Look Back | p. 235 |
| In the Footsteps of Heracles | p. 256 |
| The Road to Nowhere | p. 283 |
| The Last Age of Heroes | p. 308 |
| The Desolation of Carthage | p. 324 |
| Punic Faith | p. 352 |
| Notes | p. 374 |
| Bibliography | p. 452 |
| Index | p. 487 |
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