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The Story of Carthage Isn’t Necessarily What the Romans Committed to History
A new book by historian and archaeologist Eve MacDonald paints a more complete portrait of the once-great African society ...
It is a symptom of the deplorable state of intellectual life today that readers of this magazine can guess the lineaments of the story told in Hannibal the instant they read early in its pages that ...
Trace the epic rivalry between Carthage and Rome through all three Punic Wars (264–146 BC), and discover why Rome ultimately emerged victorious. From Hannibal’s brilliant campaigns to Carthage’s naval ...
The ancient Greek essayist Plutarch used “parallel lives” to describe his collection of biographical sketches, in which he paired illustrious Greeks with Romans who lived, in most cases, centuries ...
The classical education guru Andrew Kern, head of the Circe Institute, writes on Facebook: I have heard people compare the US to Rome since I was a child, and no wonder since our founders rather ...
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