List of Kings of Carthage

 Until 308 BC, Carthage was ruled, at least officially, by Kings.

==Kings of Carthage, 814 BC-308 BC

• Dido 814-c.760 BC

• unknown

• Hanno I c.580-c.556 BC

• Malchus c.556-c.550 BC

Magonids

• Mago I c.550-c.530 BC

• Hasdrubal I c.530-c.510 BC

• Hamilcar I c.510-480 BC

• Hanno II 480-440 BC

• Himilco I (in Sicily) 460-410 BC

• Hannibal I 440-406 BC

• Himilco II 406-396 BC

• Mago II 396-375 BC

• Mago III 375-344

• Hanno III 344-340

Hannonian

• Hanno the Great 340-337 BC

• Gisco 337-330 BC

• Hamilcar II 330-309 BC

• Bomilcar 309-308 BC

In 480 BC, following Hamilcar I's death, the King lost most of his power to an aristocratic Council of Elders. In 308 BC, Bomilcar attempted a coup to restore the monarch to full power, but failed, which led to Carthage becoming in name as well as in fact a republic.