Show carthage made great by its able abie leaders ancient carthage wan wa the tha worlds first experiment in ins straight plutocracy its frame of government govert ment wass was much similar to that of rome home its ruling famil families lej governed through a senate checked la in one way or another by a popular assembly some of the ruling families kept power by alliance with the public but what really made the city great was the ability of a few man many of them of the Barel dae family famely hanno hamilcar vad above all hannibal yet tot the de spirit of the city differed from that of rome home its people were at once more oriental and more commercial its ita religion was a weird aaa affair with the sacrificing of children in the burning mouth of a god and its trading spirit went so far as to weaken its strength its mercenaries were good fighters while they were paid but in the end the roman legion manned by citizens of the republic brought them to the ground |