Similarities Between Rome And Rome

The Carthage people were thought to be affluent Phoenicians who fled Tyre and arrived in northern Africa. They took over the land, forced various peoples out, enslaved others, and demanded respect from everyone else. They did not care about the people, only themselves. The aristocracy lived in wealthy homes. Their harbour was massive. They excelled and flourished in the trade, as the Phoenicians had been crossing the Mediterranean for years. The Roman Empire began as a small city-state on the edge of the Tiber River (Mark, 2009). At first, Rome was not a threat to Carthage, but Rome started expanding, wanting to trade with other countries. Carthage took notice as there was a treaty banning Rome from doing business in the western Mediterranean

The inner workings of the government is where the differences lie.

Unlike Tyre, which had a monarchy, Carthage was governed and controlled by few of the leading noble classes, an aristocratic oligarchy, if you will. The ‘elite’ were from different clans and controlled the various influential elected offices and the military (Cartwright, 2016). Carthage did not understand the allegiance of people to the state of Rome (Morey, 1901b). One great difference is that Carthage nominated a continuous, lasting leader to their military force, whereas Rome’s armies were governed by different consuls over the years (Morey, 1901b).

Rome, on the other hand, started out with kings, and ended up a democratic republic. When the kings were deposed, the people elected two consuls. Where the kings ruled for life, these consuls only rule for a one year term. The kings was a rule by one and his power was complete authority in all matters, including life and death. Two consults, were elected, and held a life or death power over Latium and the military forces, but not the city of Rome itself. They did employ a dictator from time to time in war, but they could only serve for six months, as which point, the consuls again took over (Morey, 1901a). Their people were patriotic to Rome. They were not taken over fully but given certain rights and, in some cases, allowed to govern themselves, but show allegiance to