Carthage must be destroyed : the rise and fall of an ancient Mediterranean civilization / Richard Miles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miles, Richard, 1969-

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hannibal, 247 B.C.-182 B.C.

Hannibal.

Carthage (Extinct city)--History.

Carthage (Extinct city).

Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 520 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Allen Lane, 2010.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

List of Illustrations

List of Maps

Chronology

Prologue: The Last Days of Carthage (starting p. 1)

Introduction Recovering Carthage (starting p. 6)

1 Feeding the Beast: The Phoenicians and the Discovery of the West (starting p. 24)

2 New City: The Rise of Carthage (starting p. 58)

3 The Realm of Heracles-Melqart: Greeks and Carthaginians in the Central Mediterranean (starting p. 96)

4 The Economy of War: Carthage and Syracuse (starting p. 112)

5 In the Shadow of Alexander the Great: Carthage and Agathocles (starting p. 139)

6 Carthage and Rome (starting p. 157)

7 The First Punic War (starting p. 177)

8 The Camp Comes to Carthage: The Mercenaries' Revolt (starting p. 200)

9 Barcid Spain (starting p. 218)

10 Don't Look Back (starting p. 235)

11 In the Footsteps of Heracles (starting p. 256)

12 The Road to Nowhere (starting p. 283)

13 The Last Age of Heroes (starting p. 308)

14 The Desolation of Carthage (starting p. 324)

15 Punic Faith (starting p. 352)

Notes (starting p. 374)

Bibliography (starting p. 452)

Index (starting p. 487).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 452-486) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Online version: Miles, Richard, 1969- Carthage must be destroyed.

ISBN:

9781101517031

1101517034

Publisher Number:

99984702550

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.