List of Monarchs of Carthage

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Until 308 BC, Carthage was ruled, at least officially, by Monarchs.

Monarchs of Carthage, 814 BC-308 BC

Didoian

  • Dido 814-c.760 BC -queen
  • unknown
  • Hanno I c.580-c.556 BC
  • Malchus c.556-c.550 BC

Magonids

  • Mago I c.550-c.530 BC
  • Hasdrubal I c.530-c.510 BC
  • Hamilcar I c.510-480 BC
  • Hanno II 480-440 BC
  • Himilco I (in Sicily) 460-410 BC
  • Hannibal I 440-406 BC
  • Himilco II 406-396 BC
  • Mago II 396-375 BC
  • Mago III 375-344
  • Hanno III 344-340

Hannonian

  • Hanno 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.

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