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Carthage's political system has been the subject of much debate, as Aristotle's Politics [1] discusses it at length, alongside the institutions of Sparta and Crete. [2] This text, the only example of its time to refer in extenso to non-Greek political institutions, has given rise to much controversy among historians, which has subsided to the ...
Aristotle (384–322) discusses Carthage in his work, Politica; he begins: "The Carthaginians are also considered to have an excellent form of government." He briefly describes the city as a "mixed constitution", a political arrangement with cohabiting elements of monarchy , aristocracy , and democracy , i.e., a king ( Gk : basileus), a council ...
According to Aristotle, Carthage's "highest constitutional authority" was a judicial tribunal known as the One Hundred and Four (𐤌𐤀𐤕 or miat). [ 145 ] [ 146 ] Although he compares this body to the ephors of Sparta , a council of elders that held considerable political power, its primary function was overseeing the actions of generals ...
Carthage: A Biography. London and New York: Routledge. ISBN 9781003119685. Hoyos, Dexter (2019). Carthage's Other Wars: Carthaginian Warfare Outside the 'Punic Wars' Against Rome. Pen & Sword Military. ISBN 9781781593578. Miles, Richard (2010). Carthage must be destroyed: the rise and fall of an ancient Mediterranean civilization.
The Hundred and Four, or Council of 104 (Phoenician miat, from mia "hundred", Ancient Greek: Εκατόν, Latin: Ordo judicum), was a Carthaginian tribunal of judges. They were created early in Carthage's history, and are described in Aristotle's Politics (4th century BC) as "the highest constitutional authority."
Aristotle [A] (Attic Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης, romanized: Aristotélēs; [B] 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath.His writings cover a broad range of subjects spanning the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology, and the arts.
Aeneas tells Dido of the fall of Troy. (Guérin 1815)Carthage was founded by Phoenicians coming from the Levant.The city's name in Phoenician language means "New City". [5] There is a tradition in some ancient sources, such as Philistos of Syracuse, for an "early" foundation date of around 1215 BC – that is before the fall of Troy in 1180 BC; however, Timaeus of Taormina, a Greek historian ...
The Aristotle Adventure. A Guide to the Greek, Arabic, and Latin Scholars Who Transmitted Aristotle's Logic to the Renaissance. Flagstaff Ariz.: Albert Hale Pub. Lindberg, David C. (1978). "The Transmission of Greek and Arabic Learning to the West". In Lindberg, David C. (ed.). Science in the Middle Ages.