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

Informationen zum Autor Richard Miles is Professor of Classics at the University of Sydney and a Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge University. He has written widely on Punic, Roman and Vandal North Africa and has directed archaeological excavations in Carthage and Rome. He is also the author of Ancient Worlds (Allen Lane, October 2010) and the presenter and writer of the series Ancient Worlds for BBC2. Klappentext Richard Miles is Professor of Classics at the University of Sydney and a Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge University. He has written widely on Punic, Roman and Vandal North Africa and has directed archaeological excavations in Carthage and Rome. He is also the author of Ancient Worlds (Allen Lane, October 2010) and the presenter and writer of the series Ancient Worlds for BBC2. Zusammenfassung In an epic series of battles, the mighty empires of Carthage and Rome vied for supremacy of Mediterranean - before the Carthaginians finally buckled and their great capital city was razed to the ground, burning for six days and nights, its inhabitants slaughtered or enslaved. This title charts one of the bloodiest dramas of the Ancient World.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Miles
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 24.02.2011
• EAN: 9780141018096
• ISBN: 978-0-14-101809-6
• No. of pages: 520
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Civilization, HISTORY / Africa / North, Ancient World, African History, North Africa, c 1000 BCE to start of CE period, BCE to c 500 CE, African history: pre-colonial period