SalammbôIn the third century. C., Carthage hires mercenaries to confront Rome. After the first Punic War, Carthage is unable to fulfill the promises made to his army of mercenaries, so it is attacked. Salamb , the fictional protagonist daughter of Am lcar Boat, Carthaginian general aristocrat, is object of obsessive lust of Matho, a leader of the mercenaries. With the help of a freed slave, Spendios, Matho steals the sacred veil of Carthage, the zaimph, causing Salammbo to enter into the camp of the mercenaries and try to recover the veil. |