{"product_id":"the-fall-of-carthage-adrian-goldsworthy","title":"The Fall of Carthage — Adrian Goldsworthy","description":"\u003cp\u003eGoldsworthy traces the three Punic Wars — the century-long struggle between Rome and Carthage for mastery of the Mediterranean — with the same command of military detail that marks his Roman biographies. He is particularly strong on Hannibal's Italian campaign: sixteen years in enemy territory, winning battles that should not have been winnable, unable to convert tactical brilliance into strategic victory. The destruction of Carthage in 146 BC — every building demolished, the ground reportedly salted — is treated not as an inevitable outcome but as a choice, Rome's most deliberate and total act of annihilation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"epoch-endorsement\"\u003e'The best account of the Punic Wars in a single volume. Goldsworthy writes military history as it should be written — with intellectual rigour and narrative pace.' — \u003cem\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Epoch Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53734528483655,"sku":null,"price":14.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0967\/9152\/7751\/files\/9780304366422.jpg?v=1776685635","url":"https:\/\/www.epochbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-fall-of-carthage-adrian-goldsworthy","provider":"Epoch Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}