Mago I.

Mago I was 550-530 BC Chr. King of Carthage . He was the progenitor of the Magonids , a powerful Carthaginian aristocratic family, and founded the Carthaginian power by replacing the citizen militia with mercenary armies, in which the Carthaginians themselves only served as officers. Mago restored the Carthaginian dominance in Sardinia , which had been lost under the rule of his predecessor Malchos . His son Hasdrubal followed him in 530 BC. On the throne of Carthage.

literature

Victor Ehrenberg : Mago 2 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XIV, 1, Stuttgart 1928, Col. 495 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Mago I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	King of Carthage, ancestor of the Magonids
DATE OF BIRTH	6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	around 530 BC Chr.