Carthage Must Not Be Destroyed!

“Carthage must be destroyed!” These words of Roman senator Cato the Elder are known to everyone. But few people have wondered what really happened. Why did the angry words of a Roman bring about the destruction of the greatest trading city-state in the Mediterranean—one that posed no threat to Rome and even had a humiliating treaty with it?

…After a mine explosion in the Syrian desert, a military translator from Russia unexpectedly finds himself in ancient Carthage—more precisely, Kart-Hadash, as locals called it. There he finds new friends, starts a family, and does everything he can to save this ancient and beautiful city from being completely destroyed by the Romans. The Third Punic War will end very differently than in our history. Kart-Hadash, despite Cato’s call, will not be destroyed…