Republic of Carthage: Bibliography
Version 1.6
March 16, 2007
Copyright (C) 1994-2007 Richard M. Heli
Note: for a quick introduction to the topic, see
"Carthage Must Be Destroyed,"
But Must It Be Forgotten? by David Soren
in Archaeology Odyssey (November/December 2000)
- Armstrong, Donald, The Reluctant Warriors, Thomas Y. Crowell Company,
New York, 1966. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 66-22415.
Although it may have an axe to grind, don't pass this one
up. Written by a Brigadier General, it has some of the
best analysis of the 3rd Punic War as well as the clearest
and most detailed maps.
- Aubet, Maria Eugenia,
The Phoenicians and the West: Politics, Colonies and Trade (1996)
The Spanish author goes into more depth than anyone on the
details of trade, trade routes and everything else. Even
dives into the rarely discussed topic of currents within
the Mediterranean. The maps are very good. There is even
one showing which parts of the Mediterranean are beyond
the sight of land, a tricky problem when one considers
hills and mountains. Origins of names including Phoenicians
are discussed. Best of all is the detail on the nature of
the Phoenician colonies, their dates and purposes. There
are a few translation problems, such as when the Barcids
are called the Barcidas, but they are minor.
2001 Revised Edition
reflects the latest archaeological findings.
Chapters:
(1) Who were the Phoenicians?
(2) Phoenica during the Iron Age
(3) The bases for the expansion in the Mediterranean
(4) Phoenician trade: exchange mechanisms and organization
(5) The great political institutions: the palace and the temple
(6) The routes of Phoenician expansion into the Mediterranean
(7) The Phoenicians in the west: chronology and historiography
(8) The Phoenician colonies in the central Mediterranean
(9) The colonies of the far west: Gadir and the silver trade
(10) Concluding thoughts
(I) Phoenician Iron Age archaeology
(II) The Journey of Wen-Amon to Phoenicia
(III) Oracles against Tyre
(IV) The settlements of the central Mediterranean
- Bradford, Ernle, Hannibal, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1981. ISBN 0-07-007064-4.
- Bryher,
The Coin of Carthage,
Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, San Diego, ISBN 0-15-618407-9.
- Charles-Picard, Gilbert and Colette,
Daily Life in Carthage,
The Macmillan Company, New York, 1961. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 61-8264.
- Harden, The Phoenicians, Frederick A. Praeger, New York, 1962. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 62-13753.
- Herm, Gerhard,
The Phoenicians,
William Morrow and Company, Inc., New York, 1975. ISBN 0-688-02908-6.
- Kinder, Hermann and Werner Hilgemann,
Anchor Atlas of World History, The,
Anchor Books, New York, 1974. ISBN 0-385-07178-1.
- Livy,
The War with Hannibal.
- Lancel, Serge,
Carthage,
Blackwell Publishers, Oxford, 1995. ISBN 1 557 86468 3.
- Liddell Hart, Basil Henry,
Scipio Africanus/Greater than Napoleon,
Da Capo Press, New York,
1994 ISBN 0-306-80583-9
- Moscati, Sabatino,
The World of the Phoenicians,
Frederick A. Praeger, New York, 1968. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 68-27432.
- Picard, Gilbert, Carthage, Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., New York, 1965. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 64-8106.
- Polybius,
The Rise of the Roman Empire.
- Scullard, H. H.,
A History of the Roman World 753-146 B.C.,
Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, 1961. Catalogue no. 2/4366/10.
- Soren, David, Aicha Ben Abed Khader and Hedi Slim,
Carthage: A Mosaic of Ancient Tunisia,
Simon and Schuster, New York 1990. ISBN:
0-671-66902-8.
- Warmington, B. H.,
Carthage,
Frederick A. Praeger, New York, 1960. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 60-12313.
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