During the final four centuries BC, many political and stateless entities of the Mediterranean headed towards anarchy and militarism, while stronger powers - Carthage, the Hellenistic kingdoms and Republican Rome - expanded towards State formation, forceful military structures a…
Prologue -- Troy and Carthage in the nineteenth century -- Homeric pilgrimage, topography and archaeology -- The Trojan War at the circus -- The Iliad and Aeneid burlesqued -- Carthage and future ruins -- Epilogue: Troy and Carthage as "a beacon and a warning.
La 4e de couverture indique : "Carthage is mainly known as the city that was utterly destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC. This book tells the story about this fascinating city, which for centuries was the centre of a far-flung trade network in the Mediterranean. Carthage was found…
Carthage is mainly known as the city that was utterly destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC. This book tells the story about this fascinating city, which for centuries was the centre of a far-flung trade network in the Mediterranean. Carthage was founded by Phoenician migrants, who …
The role of the Phoenicians in the economy, culture and politics of the ancient Mediterranean was as large as that of the Greeks and Romans, and deeply interconnected with that 'Classical' world, but their lack of literature and their Oriental associations mean that they are muc…