Carthaginian Empire Episode 15 - Empires: Carthaginian Empire, #15

By David Bowman

When two mighty empires meet, history dictates that only one will stand and the other must fall. Persia covers more land area than all of Carthage's territory. Carthage controls the Mediterranean and its wealth from shore to distant shore. As the two empires confront each other in a hundred little skirmishes, one will survive and one will fall. It is 330BC and if Persia falls only one small emerging state will stand in the way of Carthaginian suzerainty.
Rome looms on the horizon for Carthage.

• Language: English
• Publisher: David Bowman
• Release date: Jun 28, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223514954

David Bowman

Born in 1956 in the East Anglian Fens in England, David moved to Nottingham to study for his business degree. In line with the current myth of the time, he met and married a local girl, and they have now been married for 44 years. They still live within 10 miles of Nottingham and have two adult children, and have happily become grandparents five times over. Following a career in software development and IT management, David was forced to give up work in 2005 to look after both his wife and daughter, both of whom were suffering from different life-threatening illnesses. To fill the time and take his mind off of the domestic and financial issues, David eventually turned to his love of both photography and writing. Seven Sisters was the first product of the latter and has been followed by a prodigious number of works.

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Dedication

History is written by the winners; for if treason succeeds none dare call it treason? I find the concepts this reveals to be fascinating. I can bore the teeth off anyone at twenty paces at parties if you get me going. Hopefully I won’t bore you here. My thanks as ever to the people who encouraged me to write as a means of escaping the sometimes dreadful realities of life. I truly hope you enjoy reading these stories as much as I did writing them.

Carthaginian Empire – Episode 15: Empires

Galleys!

The call from the lookout galvanised the crew of the small merchant vessel.

Where away?

Dead ahead!

The captain cursed under his breath. With the wind directly behind him, he couldn’t turn and outrun them. He could only pray that they were flying the flag of his own empire.

Whose?

The lookout strapped to the top of the mask merely waved his hand; they were still too far away to tell although there was obviously more than one. A few minutes later the news he had feared came floating down.

"Carthage! They’re