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So is this the main source whereby the world knows how the Punic Wars destroyed Carthage? I'm eager to read it whether it is or not.

Diana Wilder The historian, Polybius, wrote a history of the wars with Carthage. I believe he was friend of Scipio Aemilianus.

Oxford World's Classics has put out …moreThe historian, Polybius, wrote a history of the wars with Carthage. I believe he was friend of Scipio Aemilianus.

Oxford World's Classics has put out a new translation by Brian Waterfield.
ISBN-13: 978-0199534708

Harvard University Press did the same at about the same time.
ISBN-13: 978-0674996373

The Oxford book contains all Polybius' 'books' and runs about $13.00 (paperback) ebook is less

The Harvard one is in six installments @ ~$25 per volume hard copy. I don't see an ebook option.

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