Carthaginians and Sicily: Empire by Inertia

This volume analyses the Carthaginian policy towards Sicily, from the earliest recorded contacts in the 6th century to the expulsion of Punic influences by the Romans in the 3rd century.

It aims at reconstructing Carthaginian policy and strategies towards the island by looking beyond the opinions of the partisan accounts of the Greek and Roman historians, and attempting to trace the logic of the actions themselves in search of long-term regularities. The emerging picture shows how the Cartha...