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Carthage

Caven, Brian. The Punic War. St. Martin's, 1980. History of Carthage's struggle with Rome from 218 through 146 bc.

Davis, N. Carthage and Her Remains. Darf, 1985. Authoritative study of the city's history and artefacts; illustrated.

Lloyd, Alan. Destroy Carthage! The Death Throes of an Ancient Culture. International Specialized, 1978. Story of the city's destruction by the Romans in 146 bc.

Pedley, John, ed. New Light on Ancient Carthage. Michigan, 1980. Scholarly essays on various aspects of Carthaginian history, based on new evidence; illustrated.

Punic Wars

Dodge, Theodore Ayrault. Hannibal: a History of the Art of War among the Carthaginians and Romans down to the Battle of Pydna, 168 bc, with a Detailed Account of the Second Punic War. London: Greenhill Books, Reprint of classic 1891 military history, with 227 charts, maps, plans of battles, and tactical manoeuvres.

Liddell Hart, B. H. Scipio Africanus: Greater than Napoleon. London: Greenhill Books, 1992. Foreword by J. Enoch Powell. Originally published as A Greater than Napoleon (1926). Classic study of Second Punic War by eminent military historian. Bibliography: pp. 281.

Roman history

Facts on File, 1982. “Comprehensive General View of the Roman World in Its Physical and Cultural Setting” (introduction); beautifully illustrated.

Bury, J. B. History of the Later Roman Empire From the Death of Theodosius to the Death of Justinian. Dover, 1957. Definitive work on the subject, 4th through 6th centuries.

Christ, Karl. The Romans: An Introduction to Their History and Civilization. California, 1984. A fine, lucid introduction; illustrated.

Cory, M. and Scullard, H. H. History of Rome. St. Martin's, Comprehensive history for the advanced student.

Davenport, Basil, ed. The Portable Roman Reader. Penguin, 1977. Abridged selections from the works of great Roman writers.

Gibbon, Edward. Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Various publishers, Classic and still controversial account by the 18th-century historian; sometimes abridged.

Grant, Neil. How they Lived; The Romans. Promo, 1990. Daily social life and customs in ancient Rome.

Hamilton, Edith. The Roman Way. Norton, 1984. Popular work that introduces Rome's civilization through the eyes of great Roman writers: Cicero, Catullus, Caesar, Plautus, and others.

Harris, William Vernon. War and Imperialism in Republican Rome, 327-70 B.C. Oxford, 1979. Disputes generally accepted view that Middle Empire Romans fought only in self-defense.

Keppie, Lawrence. Making of the Roman Army: From Republic to Empire. Barnes & Noble, 1984. The evolution of the military that created the empire; illustrated.

MacKendrick, Paul I. The Mute Stones Speak: The Story of Archaeology in Italy. Norton, 1976. Information provided by archaeological evidence at major Roman excavations.

Miguel, Pierre. Life in Ancient Rome. Silver, 1981. A good introduction, heavily illustrated.

Raven, Susan. Rome in Africa. Longman, 1984. Roman North Africa, including Carthage, coming of Christianity, antiquities and ruins; history to 700.

Rostovtzeff, Michael. Social and Economic History of the Roman Empire. Oxford, 1957. Authoritative, scholarly work on this aspect of Roman history.

Suetonius. The Twelve Caesars: An Illustrated Edition. Penguin, 1983. From Julius Caesar to Domitian, by the great Roman author; available in various editions.

Syme, Ronald. The Roman Revolution. Oxford, 1939. Classic and engrossing work on the transition from a Republic to despotism after the death of Julius Caesar.