Hannibal ad Portas!

Fact and Fiction on Carthage and the Punic World

'Hannibal stands at the gates' are the words that Roman parents used to scare their kids and to conjure up an image of Hannibal as the Roman bogeyman. It were not just Roman kids, however, who were haunted by Hannibal; many centuries later, the Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca still fascinates the European imagination and his trek over the Alps with three dozen elephants has been depicted myriad times in paintings and movies as well as novels, operas and theater plays.

This course explores fact and fiction about the Carthaginian general and his life world, holding up historical and mythical records against hard archaeological evidence.

ARCH 0530 | Peter van Dommelen

MWF 12.00-12.50 | Rhode Island Hall, 108

ARCH0530 Fall19 S01 Hannibal ad Portas! Fact and Fiction on Carthage and the Punic World