The CarthaginiansRoutledge, 10 июн. 2010 г. - Всего страниц: 288 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 imposed dominance over Sardinia, western Sicily, and finally southern Spain. As a stable republic Carthage earned respectful praise from Greek observers, notably Aristotle, and from many Romans – even Cato, otherwise notorious for insisting that ‘Carthage must be destroyed’. Carthage matched the great city-state of Syracuse in power and ambition, then clashed with Rome for mastery of the Mediterranean West. For a time, led by her greatest general Hannibal, she did become the leading power between the Atlantic and the Adriatic. It was chiefly after her destruction in 146 BC that Carthage came to be depicted by Greeks and Romans as an alien civilization, harsh, gloomy and bloodstained. Demonising the victim eased the embarrassment of Rome’s aggression; Virgil in his Aeneid was one of the few to offer a more sensitive vision. Exploring both written and archaeological evidence, The Carthaginians reveals a complex, multicultural and innovative people whose achievements left an indelible impact on their Roman conquerors and on history. |
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Sourcesof Images xxiii | |
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site and potential 12 | |
State andGovernment 20 | |
the sufetes 25 | |
Carthaginian society 59 | |
TheCityscape ofCarthage 73 | |
Carthage and North Africa 39 | |
The Magonid ascendancy 128 | |
Theendof theMagonids 132 | |
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Carthage vs Dionysius I 166 | |
Carthage at bay 172 | |
The First War with Romeand 178 The second and third treaties with Rome 178 | |
The Sardinia crisis 193 | |
Houses and shops 82 | |
Thegods and goddesses 94 | |
an assessment 205 | |
Carthage and Numidia 211 | |