The Empire of Africa: the Rise and Fall of Carthage, 850-145 BC

by Alfred J. Church

Book Overview

The great struggle for imperial dominance in the ancient world

Although this history of Carthage covers events from the earliest days of that state, the text concentrates particularly on the period from 550 BC until the fall of the city after a three year siege to Roman forces under Scipio Aemilianus in the Third Punic War in 146 BC. This period in the Mediterranean ancient world was dominated by the rivalry between Carthage...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782828818
• ISBN13: 9781782828815
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"