Carthage Must Be Destroyed The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization

by Miles, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780143121299
• ISBN10: 0143121294
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-06-26
• Publisher: Penguin Books

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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