907: 6/6 Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization, by Richard Miles
Image: In 1868, Poynter produced another of his most celebrated Roman spectaculars, The Catapult (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catapult) . This shows Roman soldiers manning a siege engine for an attack on the walls of Carthage (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carthage) , during the siege (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Carthage_(c._149_BC)) which ended in the destruction of Carthage in 146 BC. The famous command of Cato the Elder (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato_the_Elder) , "Delenda est Carthago (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Carthage#Second_Punic_War) " (quoted in Plutarch (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pultarch) 's Life of Cato) is carved in the wood of the huge catapult. The picture was a great success Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization, by Richard Miles (https://www.amazon.com/Richard-Miles/e/B0034NVJ8W/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1) Drawing on a wealth of new research, the archaeologist, historian, and master storyteller Richard Miles resurrects the civilization that ancient Rome struggled so mightily to expunge. This monumental work charts the entirety of Carthage's history, from its origins among the Phoenician settlements of Lebanon to its apotheosis as a Mediterranean empire whose epic land-and-sea clash with Rome made a legend of Hannibal and shaped the course of Western history. Carthage Must Be Destroyed reintroduces readers to the ancient glory of a lost people and their generations-long struggle against an implacable enemy. https://www.amazon.com/Carthage-Must-Be-Destroyed-Civilization/dp/0143121294/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=richard+miles+carthage&qid=1609016949&s=books&sr=1-1