Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization Hardcover - 2011
by Richard Miles
An epic history of a doomed civilization and a lost empire.
The devastating struggle to the death between the Carthaginians and the Romans was one of the defining dramas of the ancient world. In an epic series of land and sea battles, both sides came close to victory before the Carthaginians finally succumbed and their capital city, history, and culture were almost utterly erased.
Drawing on a wealth of new archaeological research, Richard Miles vividly brings to life this lost empire-from its origins among the Phoenician settlements of Lebanon to its apotheosis as the greatest seapower in the Mediterranean. And at the heart of the history of Carthage lies the extraordinary figure of Hannibal-the scourge of Rome and one of the greatest military leaders, but a man who also unwittingly led his people to catastrophe.
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.
Summary
The devastating struggle to the death between the Carthaginians and the Romans was one of the defining dramas of the ancient world. In an epic series of land and sea battles, both sides came close to victory before the Carthaginians finally succumbed and their capital city, history, and culture were almost utterly erased.
Drawing on a wealth of new archaeological research, Richard Miles vividly brings to life this lost empire-from its origins among the Phoenician settlements of Lebanon to its apotheosis as the greatest seapower in the Mediterranean. And at the heart of the history of Carthage lies the extraordinary figure of Hannibal-the scourge of Rome and one of the greatest military leaders, but a man who also unwittingly led his people to catastrophe.
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.
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- Title Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization
- Author Richard Miles
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First edition
- Pages 520
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Viking Books, New York
- Date 2011-07-21
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780670022663 / 0670022667
- Weight 1.76 lbs (0.80 kg)
- Dimensions 9.28 x 6.35 x 1.71 in (23.57 x 16.13 x 4.34 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Hannibal, Rome - History - Republic, 265-30 B.C
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011004123
- Dewey Decimal Code 939.73
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