Mago I of Carthage

Mago I
King of Carthage
Reign550 BC to 530 BC
PredecessorMalchus of Carthage
SuccessorHasdrubal I of Carthage
DynastyMagonids

Mago I, also known as Magon[1] (Punic: 𐤌𐤂‬𐤍‬, MGN),[2] was the king of the Ancient Carthage from 550 BC to 530 BC and the founding monarch of the Magonid dynasty of Carthage.[3] Mago I was originally a general.[4] Under Mago, Carthage became preeminent among the Phoenician colonies in the western Mediterranean.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Gammie, John G.; Perdue, Leo G. (1990). The Sage in Israel and the Ancient Near East. EISENBRAUNS. p. 77. ISBN 9780931464461.
  2. ^ Huss (1985), p. 570.
  3. ^ Carthage Archived 2017-08-22 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 30 November 2008
  4. ^ John Bagnell Bury; Stanley Arthur Cook; Frank E. Adcock; Martin Percival Charlesworth; John Boardman; N. G. L. Hammond; A. E. Astin; Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards; Michael Whitby; D. M. Lewis; Andrew Lintott; Cyril John Gadd; F. W. Walbank; J. A. Crook; Alan K. Bowman; Edward Champlin; Elizabeth Rawson; Averil Cameron; Andrew William Lintott; Peter Garnsey; Bryan Ward-Perkins (1928). The Cambridge Ancient History. Cambridge University Press. p. 368. ISBN 9780521233484.