Reddit reviews The Carthaginians (Peoples of the Ancient World)

After doing enough research of ancient civilizations and taking one class on all of them, these are the best books in my opinion that give a general overview to start with when researching, depending on the civilization you are researching. Then once you have these and look through them, you can make a good library of least 350 books about the ancient world like I have. I hope this helps and if you want help picking books, just ask. Also these books are written by the authorities in their subjects so they will be good research materials.

Ancient Rome: Christopher Mackay’s Ancient Rome: A Military and Political History

Ancient Greece: Sarah Pomeroy’s Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History

Ancient Mesopotamia: Marc Van De Mieroop’s A History of Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt: Marc Van De Mieroop’s A History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000 - 323 BC

Ancient Phoenicia: Maria Aubet’s The Phoenicians and the West: Politics, Colonies and Trade

Ancient Carthage: Dexter Hoyo’s The Carthaginians (Peoples of the Ancient World)

Ancient Hellenistic World: R. Malcom Errington’s A History of the Hellenistic World: 323 - 30 Bc

Ancient Silk Road Area: Xinru Liu’s The Silk Road in World History (The New Oxford World History)

Ancient Persia: Maria Brosius’ The Persians (Peoples of the Ancient World)

Ancient Hittites: O.R. Gurney’s The Hittites

If you are interested, there are a couple books by Dexter Hoyos that REALLY dig into the political/social aspect of Carthage as well!

Hannibal's Dynasty

The Carthaginians (Peoples of the Ancient World)

Both amazing works on an relatively unknown topic! Definitely worth your time!

Hey, I'm glad to be of service! :D And again, if you need any more, please don't hesitate to ask. On to the points!

• Carthaginian history is awesome - and I'm counting down those days to Rome II, myself! My preferred go-to when it comes to Carthaginian history (and the Punic Wars, for that matter!) is Richard Miles' Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization. However! I pride myself on being open-minded, and a user I really admire (/u/ScipioAsina) has suggested Dexter Hoyos' The Carthaginians. I personally (unfortunately!) haven't had a chance to read it quite yet, but I'll put it out there! :D Next, as I said before, I'm a big fan of Adrian Goldsworthy, so I'll go ahead and recommend a couple of his books - The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265-146 BC and, more simply titled, The Punic Wars. Finally, it's not a book specifically about the Punic Wars, per se...but Barry Strauss' Masters of Command: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership is EXTREMELY good.
  
  
• First off, remember that the civil wars in Rome had started a long time before Caesar's Civil War ;) But yep, you're correct! Probably the best book on the time period is Tom Holland's Rubicon. For a second suggestion, I'll add in Goldsworthy's (SHUSH) Caesar: Life of a Colossus. I'm drawing blanks on more books, but the books that are just as important as Rubicon, in my opinion, are Caius (Gaius) Julius Caesar's own works.
  
  
• Teutoburg, I'm hesitent to advise too much on - I haven't done extensive research into it, myself. Sorry!