suffete of Carthage

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The suffete of Carthage was a chief magistrate and political leader in ancient Carthage, roughly comparable to a Roman consul.

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suffete of Carthage canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf executive office
head of state
magistracy
political office
abolishedWith Roman siege of Carthage
surface form: Roman destruction of Carthage in 146 BCE
appliesToJurisdiction government of Carthage
surface form: Carthaginian state
appointedBy Carthaginian citizen assembly
capital Carthage
country Carthage
existedInCentury 2nd century BCE
3rd century BCE
4th century BCE
5th century BCE
existedInPeriod Classical antiquity
Punic period
governsFrom Carthage
hasAuthorityOver Carthaginian administration
Carthaginian army
Carthaginian foreign policy
hasEtymology derived from Semitic term shophet meaning judge
hasFunction administer justice
command military forces
manage state finances
negotiate treaties
preside over assemblies
hasGovernmentBranch executive branch of Carthage
judicial branch of Carthage
hasNotableOfficeHolder Hamilcar Barca
Hannibal (Carthaginian general)
surface form: Hannibal Barca

Hanno the Great
Mago Barca
hasNumberOfOfficeHolders 2
hasRole chief magistrate of Carthage
civil administrator of Carthage
executive authority in Carthage
military leader of Carthage
political leader of Carthage
presiding officer of Carthaginian government
isSimilarTo Greek archon
Phoenician shophet
Roman consul
officeHolderTitleInGreek sophētēs
officeHolderTitleInLatin suffes
officeHolderTitleInPunic špṭ
partOf government of Carthage
positionHeldBy Carthaginian magistrate
usedLanguage Phoenician
Punic
worksWith Carthaginian council of elders
Carthaginian popular assembly

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Hannibal (Carthaginian general) positionHeld suffete of Carthage
subject surface form: Hannibal
Hamilcar I of Carthage positionHeld suffete of Carthage