Truceless War: Carthage’s Fight for Survival, 241 to 237 Bc

A specialist in Roman and Carthaginian history, Hoyos describes the war in which Rome drove Carthage from Sicily. It was the African city's first complete defeat in war for centuries, and the war had been so expensive and brutal that allies and subjects revolted and threatened the existence of the entire Phoenician enterprise in the western Mediterranean. Annotation 穢2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)