Carthage

A Biography

Dexter Hoyos (University of Sydney, Australia)

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Routledge
31 December 2020

History; African history; Ancient history: to c 500 CE

Series: Cities of the Ancient World

Carthage tells the life story of the city, both as one of the Mediterranean’s great seafaring powers before 146 BC, and after its refounding in the ﬁrst century BC. It provides a comprehensive history of the city and its unique culture, and oﬀers students an insight into Rome’s greatest enemy.

Hoyos explores the history of Carthage from its foundation, traditionally claimed to have been by political exiles from Phoenicia in 813 BC, through to its ﬁnal desertion in AD 698 at the hands of fresh eastern arrivals, the Arabs. In these 1500 years, Carthage had two distinct lives, separated by a hundred-year silence. In the ﬁrst and most famous life, the city traded and warred on equal terms with Greeks and then with Rome, which ultimately led to Rome utterly destroying the city after the Third Punic War. A second Carthage, Roman in form, was founded by Julius Caesar in 44 BC and ﬂourished, both as a centre for Christianity and as capital of the Vandal kingdom, until the seventh-century expansion of the Umayyad Caliphate.

Carthage is a comprehensive study of this fascinating city across 15 centuries that provides a fascinating insight into Punic history and culture for students and scholars of Carthaginian, Roman, and Late Antique history. Written in an accessible style, this volume is also suitable for the general reader.

By: Dexter Hoyos (University of Sydney Australia)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367635435
ISBN 10: 0367635437
Series: Cities of the Ancient World
Pages: 174
Publication Date: 31 December 2020
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dexter Hoyos is former Associate Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Sydney, Australia.

Reviews for Carthage: A Biography

...This book can be considered as another fruit of the recent academic interest in the Phoenicians...General readers will find a wealth of information. - The Classical Review