GIA4808130 Illustration by V.A. Poirson (1890) for the novel Salammbo??????by Gustave Flaubert, taking as a frame the mercenary war at the time of the first Punic War (246-241 BC) between the Romans and Carthaginians. by Poirson, V.A. (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration by V.A. Poirson (1890) for the novel Salammbo??????by Gustave Flaubert, taking as a frame the mercenary war at the time of the first Punic War (246-241 BC) between the Romans and Carthaginians.); by Giancarlo Costa; French, out of copyright.