Eve MacDonald

La épica historia de uno de los imperios más ricos y poderosos de la Antigüedad. La historia de Cartago suele contarse desde la mirada de quienes la destruyeron. Pero durante casi seiscientos años, e

This is not only history reclaimed this is history at its best Professor Lloyd Llewellyn Jones author of Persians the Age of the Great Kings Carthage was a power that dominated the western Mediterranean for almost six centuries before its fall to Rome The history of the realm and its Carthaginians was subsumed by their conquerors and along the way the story of the real Carthage was lost An ancient North African kingdom Carthage was the home of Hannibal and of Dido of war elephants and enormous power and wealth of great beauty and total destruction In this landmark new history Eve MacDonald tells the essential story of the lost culture of Carthage and of its forgotten people using brand new archaeological analysis to uncover the history behind the legend A journey that takes us the Phoenician Levant of the early Iron Age to the Atlantic and all along the coast of Africa Carthage puts the city and the story of North Africa once again at the centre of Mediterranean history Reclaimed from the Romans this is the Carthaginian version of the tale revealing to us that without Carthage there would be no Rome

This is not only history reclaimed, this is history at its best! Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, author of Persians: the Age of the Great KingsA bravura re-telling Daily MailCarthage was a power that dominated the western Mediterranean for almost six centuries before its fall to Rome. The history of the realm and its Carthaginians was subsumed by their conquerors and, along the way, the story of the real Carthage was lost. An ancient North African kingdom, Carthage was the home of Hannibal and of Dido, of war elephants and enormous power and wealth, of great beauty and total destruction.In this landmark new history, Eve MacDonald tells the essential story of the lost culture of Carthage and of its forgotten people, using brand new archaeological analysis to uncover the history behind the legend. A journey that takes us the Phoenician Levant of the early Iron Age to the Atlantic and all along the coast of Africa, Carthage puts the city and the story of North Africa once again at the centre of Mediterranean history. Reclaimed from the Romans, this is the Carthaginian version of the tale, revealing to us that, without Carthage, there would be no Rome.

Laépicahistoria de uno delosimperiosmásricos y poderosos de laAntigüedad.La historia de Cartago suele contarse desde la mirada de quienes la destruyeron. Pero durante casi seiscientos años, esta pode

La épica historia de uno de los imperios más ricos y poderosos de la Antigüedad.La historia de Cartago suele contarse desde la mirada de quienes la destruyeron. Pero durante casi seiscientos años, es