until 308 bc carthage was ruled, at least officially, by monarchs, in the sense of the word that executive power was held by one person. it also seems for the time period below to have been passed down in the clan of the magonids. the title itself was most likely suffete.: didonian * dido 814 â c. 760 bc (queen) * unknown * hanno i c. 580 â c. 556 bc * malchus c. 556 â c. 550 bc magonids * mago i c. 550 â c. 530 bc * hasdrubal i c. 530 â c. 510 bc * hamilcar i c. 510â480 bc * hanno ii 480â440 bc * himilco i (in sicily) 460â410 bc * hannibal i 440â406 bc * himilco ii 406â396 bc * mago ii 396â375 bc * mago iii 375â344 bc * hanno iii 344â340 bc hannonian * hanno the great 340â337 bc * gisco 337â330 bc * hamilcar ii 330â309 bc * bomilcar 309â308 bc in 480 bc, following hamilcar i's death, the king lost most of his power to an aristocratic council of elders. in 308&nbsp;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. ==references== 
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