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Carthage.
MELLITI Khaled.

Carthage.

Perrin Editions
€12,00 €0,00
N° d'inventaire 26144
Format 10.8 x 17.7
Détails 768 p., paperback.
Publication Paris, 2022
Etat Nine
ISBN 9782262103064
Carthage, a key power in the western Mediterranean basin, was challenged very early on by imperialist pretensions, whether emanating from Athens or Alexander the Great. From the 4th century BC, the African city accelerated its policy of profound reforms to face the threats. The metropolis, firmly anchored by its Phoenician heritage, drew from the Greek world the tools necessary for its transformation. It was about time. In the following century, the coexistence that had prevailed until then between Carthage and Rome could not withstand the shift of Roman conquests towards southern Italy and the Sicilian challenge. The danger opened the way to a rapprochement with the Greek sphere. Through their spectacular engagements, the extent of their theaters of operations, military innovations, the stature of their protagonists, and their lasting consequences, the Punic Wars marked a turning point in the ancient history of the Mediterranean region. By reinserting them into the history of the city from the 4th to the 2nd century BC, Khaled Melliti gives us an understanding of the vitality and the wanderings of a unique and fascinating power.
Carthage, a key power in the western Mediterranean basin, was challenged very early on by imperialist pretensions, whether emanating from Athens or Alexander the Great. From the 4th century BC, the African city accelerated its policy of profound reforms to face the threats. The metropolis, firmly anchored by its Phoenician heritage, drew from the Greek world the tools necessary for its transformation. It was about time. In the following century, the coexistence that had prevailed until then between Carthage and Rome could not withstand the shift of Roman conquests towards southern Italy and the Sicilian challenge. The danger opened the way to a rapprochement with the Greek sphere. Through their spectacular engagements, the extent of their theaters of operations, military innovations, the stature of their protagonists, and their lasting consequences, the Punic Wars marked a turning point in the ancient history of the Mediterranean region. By reinserting them into the history of the city from the 4th to the 2nd century BC, Khaled Melliti gives us an understanding of the vitality and the wanderings of a unique and fascinating power.