Portrayals in Fiction
Carthage features in Gustave Flaubert's historical novel Salammbô (1862). Set around the time of the Mercenary War, it includes a dramatic description of child sacrifice, and the boy Hannibal narrowly avoiding being sacrificed.
In The Dead Past, a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov, a leading character is an ancient historian who is trying to disprove the allegation that the Carthaginians carried out child sacrifice.
In Kushiel's Mercy by Jacqueline Carey, Carthage is a conquering nation geographically and culturally based on the historical Carthage.
The Purple Quest by Frank G. Slaughter is about the founding of Carthage.
Redoubt of Ghosts by J. E. Bruce deals with both the destruction of Carthage and early 20th century archaeology in Carthage.
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