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Published by TAURUS · History and archaeology · ISBN 9788430628384

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Eve MacDonald tells the history of Carthage from the Carthaginian side rather than the Roman one, as it is usually told. Using recent archaeological finds and a critical reading of the ancient sources, she follows the city from its Phoenician origins in the Levant at the start of the Iron Age to its spread along the African coast as far as the Atlantic, and reconstructs the culture and daily life of its people.

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For readers of ancient history who know of Hannibal or Dido but little about the city that for almost six centuries was a major power in the western Mediterranean.
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It was well received in the British press: the Telegraph praised its clarity as an introduction, and Martyn Rady went as far as saying that Carthage now has its Iliad.

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