List of Monarchs of Carthage
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Until 308 BC
Carthage
was ruled, at least officially, by monarchs:
Didoian
Magonids
Hannonian
In 480 BC, following Hamilcar I's death, the king lost most of his power to an aristocratic Council of Elders. In 308 BC, Bomilcar attempted a coup to restore the monarch to full power, but failed, which led to Carthage becoming in name as well as in fact a republic.
308 BC
Year 308 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Mus and Rullianus...
Carthage
Carthage
Carthage , implying it was a 'new Tyre') is a major urban centre that has existed for nearly 3,000 years on the Gulf of Tunis, developing from a Phoenician colony of the 1st millennium BC...
was ruled, at least officially, by monarchs:
Didoian
- Dido 814 – circa 760 BC (queen)
- unknown
- Hanno I c. 580 – c. 556 BC
- Malchus c. 556 – c. 550 BC
Magonids
Magonids
The Magonids were a political dynasty of Ancient Carthage from 550 BCE to 340 BCE. The dynasty was first established under Mago I, under whom Carthage became preeminent among the Phoenician colonies in the western Mediterranean...
- Mago IMago I of CarthageMago I of Carthage was the king of the Ancient Carthage from 550 BCE to 530 BCE and the founding monarch of the Magonid dynasty of Carthage. Mago I was originally a general...
c. 550 – c. 530 BC - Hasdrubal IHasdrubal I of CarthageHasdrubal I of Carthage was the Magonid king of Ancient Carthage, in present day Tunisia, from 530 to 510 BCE.-Rule:In the mid 520's, Hasdrubal, along with his brother Hamilcar I, launched an expedition against Sardinia....
c. 530 – c. 510 BC - Hamilcar IHamilcar I of CarthageHamilcar I of Carthage was a Magonid king of Carthage, in present day Tunisia, from 510 to 480 BCE.-Treaty with Rome:Carthage had concluded treaties with several powers, but the ones with Rome is the most famous. In 509 BC, a treaty was signed between Carthage and Rome indicating a division of...
c. 510–480 BC - Hanno IIHanno the NavigatorHanno the Navigator was a Carthaginian explorer c. 500 BC, best known for his naval exploration of the African coast...
480–440 BC - Himilco IHimilco the NavigatorHimilco , a Carthaginian navigator and explorer, lived during the height of Carthaginian power, the 5th century BC....
(in Sicily) 460–410 BC - Hannibal IHannibal MagoHannibal was a grandson of Hamilcar Mago.He was shofet of Carthage in 410 BC and in 409 BC commanded a Carthaginian army sent to Sicily in response to a request from the city of Segesta. He successfully took the Greek city of Selinus and then Himera...
440–406 BC - Himilco IIHimilco II of CarthageHimilco was a member of the Magonids, a Carthaginian family of hereditary generals, and had command over the Carthaginian forces between 406 and 397 BCE. He is chiefly known for his war in Sicily against Dionysius I of Syracuse. The Magonid Family of Carthage played a central role between 550 –...
406–396 BC - Mago IIMago II of CarthageMago the second was Shofet of Carthage from 396 to 375 BCE, and was a member of the Magonid dynasty. He became Shofet after the suicide of Himilco II in 396 BCE and was succeeded by Mago the third in 375....
396–375 BC - Mago III 375–344 BC
- Hanno III 344–340 BC
Hannonian
- Hanno the GreatHanno the GreatThere were three leaders of ancient Carthage who were known as Hanno the Great, according to two historians . These figures they call for convenience: Hanno I the Great, Hanno II the Great, and Hanno III the Great...
340–337 BC - Gisco 337–330 BC
- Hamilcar II 330–309 BC
- Bomilcar 309–308 BC
In 480 BC, following Hamilcar I's death, the king lost most of his power to an aristocratic Council of Elders. In 308 BC, Bomilcar attempted a coup to restore the monarch to full power, but failed, which led to Carthage becoming in name as well as in fact a republic.