Book review: Khaled Melliti, Carthage: histoire d’une métropole méditerranéenne, Perrin: Paris 2016; 549 p.; 6 ill.; 24 cm.; ISBN 9782262041120
Abstract
This paper proposes a critical review of the recent work «Carthage. Histoire d’une métropole méditerranéenne» written by Khaled Melliti and published in Paris by the Éditions Perrin. It is a synthesis of the Carthaginian history from the Phoenician foundation to the destruction of the city by Rome in 146 BC.References
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