Talk:Sacred Band of Carthage

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what happened at the end of the second punic war? were these bands destroyed? Were they forbidden to exist like the main Carthaginian armies? Did the Carthaginian sacred bands participate in the third punic war? we need more and better sources.

[edit] why white?

did the band wear white because they were considered "already dead"? isn't that kinda like the japanese samurai then?

Or the Japanese samurai are kinda like them, course Carthage is some 2000 years older than samurai... Highlandlord 07:11, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Well I would put my money on the choice for a color of death, simply because they wanted there reputation to precede them... Maybe as the Dealers of Death: people wear Uniforms are for a representation of who they are or what they fight for, this is what distinguishes them from others and there enemy's. So I guess the Sacred band wore white the color of death as a way of saying "you face against me you face against death".

But I wouldn’t say there like the samurai they seem similar most to the "Jedi" in star wars mythology :p. In fact the sacred band were completely independent of the state even tho there service was to the republic. And from what we here from livy they seemed to also operate independently and without orders not that they took any. In any case the sacred band served as an officer corps in Hannibal's army that much iam certain 65.5.157.195 22:28, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Republic?

Can Carthago really be called a republic? I thought it was ruled by aristocratic families? 89.204.152.14 11:45, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

No, carthage was ruled in its prime century by an elite class of aristocrats who served a ruling class (Tribe,Family,faction,party isn’t clear which type of ruling class????). These aristocrats had agents who formed what they called a "Senate". This Senate this formation that brought about the birth of the first republic and the creation of a first government democracy was established in Carthage by its free people. The Senate (Agents of the aristocrats) answered most likely directly to them and didn’t have a say in matters of trade. Each ruling elite or class would rule over the most seats within the senate. One such party elite we know of are the Hanno's and the barca's. And of course the one we are most familiar with is the senate of Rome which is most likely a system the Romans copied, borrowed from Carthage when Rome was still a young city state and carthage a thriving Republic. 65.5.157.195 23:38, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Historical Input

We need more sources and more historical input like where they were based were they fought the dates and locations of certain battles 65.5.157.195 22:31, 16 November 2006 (UTC)