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MagoII, also known as Magon ( xpu, 𐤌𐤂𐤍, ), was
Shofet
In several ancient Semitic-speaking cultures and associated historical regions, the shopheṭ or shofeṭ (plural shophṭim or shofeṭim; he, שׁוֹפֵט ''šōfēṭ'', phn, 𐤔𐤐𐤈 ''šōfēṭ'', xpu, 𐤔𐤐𐤈 ''šūfeṭ'', ...
of
Carthage
Carthage was the capital city of Ancient Carthage, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the cla ...
from 396 to 375 BCE, and was a member of the
Magonid
The Magonids were a political dynasty of Ancient Carthage from 550 BCE to 340 BCE. The dynasty was first established under Mago I, under whom Carthage became pre-eminent among the Phoenician colonies in the western Mediterranean. Under the Magon ...
dynasty. He became Shofet after the suicide of
Himilco II in 396 BCE and was succeeded by Mago III (or Himilco Mago) in 375 BCE.
His reign started during wars with the Greeks of Sicily, who under the leadership of
Dionysius I of Syracuse
Dionysius I or Dionysius the Elder ( 432 – 367 BC) was a Greek tyrant of Syracuse, in Sicily. He conquered several cities in Sicily and southern Italy, opposed Carthage's influence in Sicily and made Syracuse the most powerful of the Western Gre ...
had defeated his predecessor. He quelled a rebellion in Libya, and made peace with Syracuse at the expense of his Sicilian allies the
Sicel
The Sicels (; la, Siculi; grc, Σικελοί ''Sikeloi'') were an Italic tribe who inhabited eastern Sicily during the Iron Age. Their neighbours to the west were the Sicani. The Sicels gave Sicily the name it has held since antiquity, b ...
s.
War broke out again at the end of his reign and he died in the Carthaginian defeat of the
Battle of Cabala The Battle of Cabala was fought in Sicily between Carthage and Syracuse
Syracuse may refer to:
Places Italy
* Syracuse, Sicily, or spelled as ''Siracusa''
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*Syracuse, New York
**East Syracuse, New York
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, he was succeeded by his son,
also called Mago "Himilco Mago" who led the Carthaginians to a great victory against Dionysius at the
battle of Cronium
The Battle of Cronium (c. 376 BCE) was part of the Sicilian Wars and took place in Sicily. A Syracusan army, led by Dionysius I, was defeated by a Carthaginian army, led by Himilco Mago, Mago II's son. The Carthaginians won the day having rou ...
.
The Story of Carthage, page 67 Alfred J Church. retrieved 19/Nov/2009
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See also
* Magonids
The Magonids were a political dynasty of Ancient Carthage from 550 BCE to 340 BCE. The dynasty was first established under Mago I, under whom Carthage became pre-eminent among the Phoenician colonies in the western Mediterranean. Under the Magon ...
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Magonids
Monarchs of Carthage
4th-century BC rulers
4th-century BC Punic people
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