If the Romans were trying to stamp out the memory of Carthage when they destroyed it, they failed. Stories about the African city — some true, some fictional — continued to circulate in Rome and then in later societies, too. From Dido, the ultimate example of a woman scorned…to Hannibal, the supposed greatest general in history…Carthage remained a part of the popular imagination long after it was gone. Carthage: Memory and Myth
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