government of Carthage

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ancient political system form of government

The government of Carthage was the political system of the ancient Phoenician city-state, characterized by a complex mix of aristocratic councils, elected magistrates, and popular assemblies that balanced oligarchic and democratic elements.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Carthaginian Senate 3
Carthaginian senate 2
government of Carthage canonical 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient political system ⓘ
form of government ⓘ
appliesTo Carthage ⓘ
culture Phoenician ⓘ
endedWith Roman destruction of Carthage ⓘ
evaluatedByAristotleAs well-balanced constitution ⓘ
existedUntil 146 BCE ⓘ
hasBody Council of 104 ⓘ
Council of Elders ⓘ
popular assembly ⓘ
tribunal of 104 judges ⓘ
hasCheckAndBalance Council of 104 over generals ⓘ
councils over magistrates ⓘ
popular assembly over councils in some cases ⓘ
hasElement aristocratic elements ⓘ
democratic elements ⓘ
oligarchic elements ⓘ
hasFeature annual magistracies ⓘ
collective decision-making in councils ⓘ
collegial magistrates ⓘ
limited role for common citizens ⓘ
mixture of monarchy aristocracy and democracy ⓘ
strong role of wealthy merchant elite ⓘ
use of popular assemblies to resolve deadlocks in councils ⓘ
hasForm aristocracy ⓘ
mixed constitution ⓘ
oligarchy ⓘ
hasInstitution council of nobles ⓘ
hereditary aristocracy ⓘ
popular voting assemblies ⓘ
powerful noble families ⓘ
hasOffice suffet ⓘ
suffete ⓘ
headOfGovernment suffetes ⓘ
influencedBy Phoenician political traditions ⓘ
Tyrian institutions ⓘ
knownFromSource Aristotle ⓘ
Polybius ⓘ
locatedIn Carthage ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Phoenician civilization ⓘ
surface form: Phoenician world

ancient Carthaginian state ⓘ
magistratesMethodOfSelection election ⓘ
numberOfSuffetes 2 ⓘ
suffetesComparedTo Roman consuls ⓘ
suffetesMethodOfSelection election ⓘ
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
Punic period ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

suffete of Carthage → appliesToJurisdiction → government of Carthage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carthaginian state
suffete of Carthage → partOf → government of Carthage ⓘ
Mago Barca → sentBy → government of Carthage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carthaginian Senate
Mago Barca → reportedTo → government of Carthage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carthaginian Senate
Carthaginian Empire → legislativeBody → government of Carthage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carthaginian Senate
Council of Elders → partOf → government of Carthage ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of Elders (Carthage)
Council of Elders → hasAlternativeName → government of Carthage ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of Elders (Carthage)
this entity surface form: Carthaginian Council of Elders
Suffetes → subordinateBody → government of Carthage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carthaginian senate
Suffetes → workedWith → government of Carthage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carthaginian senate