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06/05/2022
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Berkan the Numidian and Horodamus the Gaul, two not very bright mercenaries, have known better days. The great Carthage is dying and Hannibal’s days are over. On the lookout for opportunities to loot and pillage, the two accomplices by chance wrest a hostage away from her abductors. But the young prisoner proves to be less conciliatory than expected! Tara, who comes from the city’s largest thieves’ guild, won’t be pushed around. She soon suggests a new mission to the two mercenaries: entering the majestic Tanit temple as a vestal virgin, she will assume a key role in infiltrating the halls filled with gold hidden inside.Tempted, the two halfwits embrace Tara’s suggestion. However, the matter is not a foregone conclusion; the road is filled with obstacles and Carthage holds more enemies than friends. Whom to trust? Melqart the Rich, the spoilt, indolent and seducing young man or Antigonus Monophthalmus, an agingphilosopher who seems to know all the city’s secrets?An extravagant peplos against the backdrop of the last Punic War, the glory of decadent yet ever fascinating Carthage… A raunchy and funny story that falls somewhere between an old‐fashioned western and Mission Impossible.References :‐ The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Sergio Leone)‐ Ocean’s Eleven a la peplos‐ Salammbô (Flaubert)
