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âA very good read . . . and a reminder that the Romans were hardly the only imperialist warmongers of the ancient world.â âStrategyPage  Carthage was the western Mediterraneanâs first superpower, long before Rome, and her military history was powerful, eventful, and checkered even before her âPunic Warsâ against Rome. Although characterized in the surviving sources and modern studies as a predominantly mercantile state, Carthage fought many wars, both aggressive and defensive, before and in between the contests with the Roman parvenus.  The Greek states of Sicily, above all Syracuse under its tyrants Dionysius the Great and then Agathocles, were her most resolute opponents, but in North Africa itself, in Sardinia, and later on in Spain she wonâand sometimes lostâmajor wars. This is the first full-length study dedicated to these other wars that furthered Carthageâs interests for over half a millennium. Based firmly and analytically on ancient sources, it also offers the insight that Carthage, though usually considered a naval power, did more fighting on land than at seaâand with more success.  Includes illustrations |
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