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Bust of the philosopher Aristotle, an essential source of knowledge and insight into the institutions of Punic Carthage, Roman copy after an original by Lysippus, Museo Altemps, Rome. The constitution of Carthage is the political regime of the city in Punic times.
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 ...
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."
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.
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 ...
In the brief, uneven review of government at Carthage found in his Politica Aristotle mentions several faults. Thus, "that the same person should hold many offices, which is a favorite practice among the Carthaginians." Aristotle disapproves, mentioning the flute-player and the shoemaker.
Politics (Πολιτικά, Politiká) is a work of political philosophy by Aristotle, a 4th-century BC Greek philosopher.. At the end of the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle declared that the inquiry into ethics leads into a discussion of politics.
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.