The Fall of Carthage
by Adrian Goldsworthy · first published 2007
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Fall of Carthage by Adrian Goldsworthy Few people understand the Punic wars and what it took to “delete” Carthage from the world. Delenda Cartago Est. Goldsworthy tells the story accessibly from both sides of the wars.…
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on “Ask HN: Books about people who did hard things” ↗…me an extraordinary level of social cohesion and stability of government rule. I believe you are incorrect about the defections as well. One source supporting this notion is Adrian Goldsworthy's "The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265–146 BC", which, by way of Wikipedia, claims: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Punic_War#Hannibal_cros... However, the majority of Rome's allies remained loyal, including many…
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