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Until 308 BC Carthage was ruled, at least officially, by monarchs, in the sense of the word that executive power was held by one person. [1] It also seems for the time period below to have been passed down in the clan of the Magonids. The title itself was most likely Suffete. [2]: 115–116 Hannonids. Hanno I c. 580 – c. 556 BC
Carthage had similar treaties with Etruscan, Punic and Greek cities in Sicily. By the end of the 6th Century BC, Carthage had conquered most of the old Phoenician colonies e.g. Hadrumetum, Utica and Kerkouane, subjugated some of the Libyan tribes, and had taken control of parts of the North African coast from modern Morocco to the borders of ...
Hasdrubal I of Carthage — Magonid king of Ancient Carthage 530–510 BC; Hasdrubal the Fair (c. 270 BC – 221 BC), son-in-law of Hamilcar Barca; Hasdrubal Barca (245–207 BC), son of Hamilcar Barca and brother of Hannibal and Mago; Hasdrubal Gisco Gisgonis (died 202 BC), another commander in the Second Punic War, father of Sophonisba
The name Carthage (/ ˈ k ɑːr θ ɪ dʒ / KAR-thij) is the Early Modern anglicisation of Middle French Carthage /kartaʒə/, [12] from Latin Carthāgō and Karthāgō (cf. Greek Karkhēdōn (Καρχηδών) and Etruscan *Carθaza) from the Punic qrt-ḥdšt (𐤒𐤓𐤕 𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 ) "new city", [b] implying it was a "new Tyre". [14]
Hamilcar the Magonid, "King" of Carthage, led the Carthaginian forces at the Battle of Himera in 480 BC during the First Sicilian War Hamilcar, a general against Timoleon of Syracuse Hamilcar, a brother of Gisco , possibly brother of Hanno II , with whom he was executed in the middle of the 3rd century BC [ 3 ]
Hamilcar I of Carthage (480 BC), King of Carthage, self-immolation [526] David Hamilton (2016), British photographer and filmmaker known for his nudes of pubescent girls, asphyxiation via plastic bag after several of his models accused him of rape [527] [528] Lois Hamilton (1999), American model and actress, overdose of sleeping pills [529]
Mago I, also known as Magon [1] (Punic: 𐤌𐤂𐤍, MGN), [2] was the king of the Ancient Carthage from 550 BC to 530 BC and the founding monarch of the Magonid dynasty of Carthage. [3] Mago I was originally a general. [4] Under Mago, Carthage became preeminent among the Phoenician colonies in the western Mediterranean. [citation needed]
Finally, Carthage and Syracuse agreed a peace. In 480 BCE, following Hamilcar I's death, the King lost most of his power to an aristocratic Council of Elders. In 308 BCE, Bomilcar attempted a coup d'etat to restore the monarch to full power, but failed, which led to Carthage becoming in name as well as in fact a republic. [5] [6]