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

作者 RichardMiles著
出版社 Penguin
出版时间 2011年7月第1版
ISBN 9780670022663
定价 249.20

内容简介

Thefirstfull-scalehistoryofHannibal'sCarthageindecadesand"aconvincingandenthrallingnarrative."(TheEconomist)Drawingonawealthofnewresearch,archaeologist,historian,andmasterstorytellerRichardMilesresurrectsthecivilizationthatancientRomestruggledsomightilytoexpunge.ThismonumentalworkchartstheentiretyofCarthage'shistory,fromitsoriginsamongthePhoeniciansettlementsofLebanontoitsapotheosisasaMediterraneanempirewhoseepicland-and-seaclashwithRomemadealegendofHannibalandshapedthecourseofWesternhistory.CarthageMustBeDestroyedreintroducesreaderstotheancientgloryofalostpeopleandtheirgenerations-longstruggleagainstanimplacableenemy.

作者简介

RichardMilesteachesancienthistoryattheUniversityofSydneyandisaFellow-CommonerofTrinityHall,UniversityofCambridge.HehaswrittenwidelyonPunic,Roman,andVandalNorthAfricaandhasdirectedarchaeologicalexcavationsinCarthageandRome.HelivesinSydney,Australia.

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