1st Edition

The Carthaginians

By Dexter Hoyos Copyright 2010
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

The Carthaginians reveals the complex culture, society and achievements of a famous, yet misunderstood, ancient people. Beginning as Phoenician settlers in North Africa, the Carthaginians then broadened their civilization with influences from neighbouring North African peoples, Egypt, and the Greek world. Their own cultural influence in turn spread across the Western Mediterranean as they... Read more

1. The Phoenicians in the West  2. Carthage: Foundation and Growth  3. State and Government  4. The Carthaginian ‘Sea Empire’  5. Traders and Landowners: Carthaginian Society  6. The Cityscape of Carthage  7. Religion and Cultural Life  8. Carthage in Africa  9. Carthage at War: Sicily  10. The First War with Rome, and After  11. The New Empire and Hannibal  12. Revival and Destruction  13. Carthage in History

Biography

Hoyos, Dexter