Council of Elders

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advisory council governing body political institution

The Council of Elders was a powerful governing body of senior statesmen in ancient Carthage that advised on policy and helped oversee the city-state’s political affairs.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Council of Elders canonical	4

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	advisory council ⓘ governing body ⓘ political institution ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Carthaginian state ⓘ
associatedWith	Carthaginian Empire ⓘ surface form: Carthaginian Republic
authorityOver	Carthaginian territories ⓘ
composedOf	Carthaginian aristocrats ⓘ senior statesmen ⓘ
country	Carthage ⓘ
describedIn	ancient Greek sources ⓘ Aristotle's writings ⓘ surface form: writings of Aristotle
dissolvedWith	Roman siege of Carthage ⓘ surface form: Roman destruction of Carthage in 146 BC
governanceType	oligarchic element ⓘ
governed	Carthaginian citizen body ⓘ
governmentForm	republican oligarchy ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	government of Carthage ⓘ surface form: Carthaginian Council of Elders
hasEnglishName	Council of Elders self-linksurface differs ⓘ
hasMemberCharacteristic	advanced age ⓘ high social status ⓘ political experience ⓘ
hasRole	advisory role ⓘ oversight of political affairs ⓘ policy guidance ⓘ
historicalRegion	North Africa ⓘ surface form: Maghreb
influenced	Carthaginian public policy ⓘ
influencedBy	Phoenician political traditions ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Punic ⓘ
location	Carthage ⓘ ancient North Africa ⓘ
oversaw	city-state’s political affairs ⓘ magistrates of Carthage ⓘ
partOf	government of Carthage ⓘ political system of Carthage ⓘ
politicalFunction	check on executive power ⓘ deliberation on domestic policy ⓘ deliberation on foreign policy ⓘ deliberation on military affairs ⓘ
religion	Carthaginian religion ⓘ
seatOfGovernment	Carthage urban center ⓘ
temporalCoverage	ancient period ⓘ
typeOfJurisdiction	city-state ⓘ
workedWith	Carthaginian popular assembly ⓘ Suffetes ⓘ surface form: Carthaginian suffetes

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carthage → hadInstitution → Council of Elders ⓘ

Council of Elders → hasEnglishName → Council of Elders self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Council of Elders (Carthage)

government of Carthage → hasBody → Council of Elders ⓘ

Carthaginian administration → legislativeBody → Council of Elders ⓘ