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Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert is a historical novel that was first published in 1862 Flaubert used Polybiuss Histories as his main source for the book and it was very popular when it came out - to the extent that it ignited peoples interest in the Romans conflict with Carthage where the novel is set The time period of the book is just before and during the time of the Mercenary War of c 240 BC which was a mutiny by troops at Carthage that began ov...Seguir leyendo