Note: for a quick introduction to the topic, see "Carthage Must Be Destroyed," But Must It Be Forgotten? by David Soren in Archaeology Odyssey (November/December 2000)

Primary Sources

• Livy, The War with Hannibal.
• Polybius, The Rise of the Roman Empire.

• Armstrong, Donald, The Reluctant Warriors (1966)
  Although it may have an axe to grind, don't pass this one up. Written by a Brigadier General, it has some of the best analysis of the 3rd Punic War as well as the clearest and most detailed maps.
• Aubet, Maria Eugenia, The Phoenicians and the West: Politics, Colonies and Trade (1996)
  The Spanish author goes into more depth than anyone on the details of trade, trade routes and everything else. Even dives into the rarely discussed topic of currents within the Mediterranean. The maps are very good. There is even one showing which parts of the Mediterranean are beyond the sight of land, a tricky problem when one considers hills and mountains. Origins of names including Phoenicians are discussed. Best of all is the detail on the nature of the Phoenician colonies, their dates and purposes. There are a few translation problems, such as when the Barcids are called the Barcidas, but they are minor. 2001 Revised Edition reflects the latest archaeological findings. Chapters: (1) Who were the Phoenicians? (2) Phoenica during the Iron Age (3) The bases for the expansion in the Mediterranean (4) Phoenician trade: exchange mechanisms and organization (5) The great political institutions: the palace and the temple (6) The routes of Phoenician expansion into the Mediterranean (7) The Phoenicians in the west: chronology and historiography (8) The Phoenician colonies in the central Mediterranean (9) The colonies of the far west: Gadir and the silver trade (10) Concluding thoughts (I) Phoenician Iron Age archaeology (II) The Journey of Wen-Amon to Phoenicia (III) Oracles against Tyre (IV) The settlements of the central Mediterranean
• Bradford, Ernle, Hannibal (1981)
• Bryher, The Coin of Carthage (historical fiction)
• Charles-Picard, Gilbert and Colette, Daily Life in Carthage
• Durham, David: Pride of Carthage (2005)
• Goldsworthy, Adrian:
  • The Punic Wars (2002)
  • The Roman Army at War: 100 BC - AD 200 (1998)
  • Roman War (2002)
• Harden, The Phoenicians
• Herm, Gerhard, The Phoenicians
• Hoyos, Dexter,
  • Carthage: A Biography
    (2020) Great assembly of disparate sources and is the most modern take on much disputed events. Covers the periods after the fall of Carthage as well. Very good if you ever wondered, what, for example, Carthaginian names, houses or lives were like. There is much more in this deceptively slim volume.
  • Hannibal's dynasty: power and politics in the western Mediterranean, 247-183 BC
    Great assembly of disparate sources with excellent discussion of which are more likely to be correct. Also good on the First Punic War, events in Spain between the wars, Hannibal as political leader after the Second Punic War and his subsequent flight and work with Antiochus. One of the few books on this topic willing to critique the Barcas, for example their poor conceptualization of sea power and lack of ability with sieges (the little town of Saguntum took Hannibal eight months and he never essayed Rome at all).
• Hunt, Patrick N., Hannibal (2017)
  Both readable and accurate. Has very short chapters so you can easily read it in whatever bite sizes are most convenient for you. The author is a professor of archaeology.
• Kagan, Donald, On the Origins of War and the Preservation of Peace
  Great discussion on why the Second Punic War broke out and who was most responsible.
• Kinder, Hermann and Werner Hilgemann, Anchor Atlas of World History, The
• Leckie, Ross:
  • Cannae (2002)
  • Carthage: A Novel (2001)
  • Hannibal: A Novel (1998)
  • Scipio Africanus: The Man Who Defeated Hannibal (1998)
• Lancel, Serge, Carthage
• Liddell Hart, Basil Henry, Scipio Africanus/Greater than Napoleon (1994)
• Miles, Richard, Carthage Must be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization (2010)
• Moscati, Sabatino,
  • Phoenicians (2000)
  • The World of the Phoenicians (1968)
• Picard, Gilbert, Carthage (1965)
• Scullard, H. H., A History of the Roman World 753-146 B.C. (1961)
• Soren, David, Aicha Ben Abed Khader and Hedi Slim, Carthage: A Mosaic of Ancient Tunisia (1990)
• Warmington, B. H., Carthage (1960)

Articles:

• Ancient Carthaginian town of Motya on Sicily not destroyed by the Greeks: Science Daily ANSA