Mago

...It was only under this political system that the Carthaginian state was able to implement its foreign policy, which embodied the interests of great merchants, such as controlling trade, securing its sphere of influence, and expelling foreign ships. Military families such as the Mago family, backed by mercenary troops, tried to establish a tyranny several times with the support of the lower classes of citizens who were excluded from trading activities, but they were unable to overthrow the oligarchy, and Libyan and mercenary revolts did not shake Carthaginian rule. On the other hand, as a result of intermarriage between the lower classes and Libyans, the Phoenicianization of the Libyans progressed considerably, and indigenous cities with Punic systems also emerged. ...

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…交易統制，勢力圏確保，外国船排撃等，大商人の利害を体現するカルタゴ国家の対外政策遂行はこの政体においてこそ可能であった。門閥中マゴMago家等軍人一門の出身者は，傭兵軍を後ろだてに交易活動から締め出された下層市民の支持を得てなん度か僭主化をめざしたが，寡頭政転覆には至らず，またリビア人反乱，傭兵反乱もカルタゴの支配を揺るがさなかった。他方，下層市民とリビア人の通婚の結果リビア人のフェニキア化は相当進行し，ポエニ的制度を備えた原住民都市も出現した。…

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