The Similarities Between Rome And The Comitia Of Rome

The Carthage originally was a colony of Tyre. It was the first foreign power with whom the Rome encountered which was outside of the Italy. There were some of the similarities in the government of the Rome and the Carthage. For example, there were two chief magistrates (suffetes), similar to the Roman consuls. Moreover, the Carthage had the council of elders which is known as the "hundred" like as the Senate of the Romans. Additionally, the Carthage also had the assembly which is similar to the Comitia of Rome. Even though we can figure out the outward similarities between the Rome and the Carthage but they were very much different in their spirit.
Ordinarily, the government of the Carthage was based upon the election and the elected officials
are accountable for the assembly. It did not have any monarchy system; the government was controlled by the elite or aristocratic group, however. They took command of the judicial, political, and military positions (Cartwright, 2016). In addition to this, in fifth century BCE, electing two suffetes became the standard in the Carthaginian government, one taking control of the armed forces when they are at the war and another looking after the home government. The Roman and the Greek sources pointed out that the suffete worked collectively with Senate for the civil lawsuits concerned issues. In the Roman government, two elected consuls had power until one year. They are the top level official in the government. The consuls were the chairman of the Senate and commander of the Roman army. They could also exercise the juridical power. Similarly, the Roman government had two assemblies, that is, "comitia curiata" and" comitia centuriata".
In addition, the Carthaginian's senate was composed of the citizens and their number is between two or three hundred. The seffete worked with the Senate for the government policy such as diplomatic, military, and the financial. If the Senate and the seffete disagreed on any of the policy then it is placed on the popular citizen's assembly. The Senate was also responsible for declaring the war, and the punishment of the commanders who had failed to achieve the objectives (Cartwright, 2016). In the Roman government, the elected consuls were responsible to appoint the consuls who were three hundred in numbers. The whole body of the senators' was called "patres conscripti" (Morey, 1901). The Roman Senate had the power of civil government such as managing state finances. It also worked as the advisory body of the consuls.
As far as the other differences in the governments are concerned, the Carthaginian government power was exercised by the wealthy and prominent families' people only but the Romans had ruled by the great body of the loyal citizens. Furthermore, the Carthaginian government was placed in the command or control of the army, permanent leader which is opposite of the Rome that placed the command on the civil magistrates who were continuously changing (Morey, 1901). Apart from this, the Carthage had great wealth but the Rome was well known for better organization, the Carthage had talented leaders whereas the Rome had the group of the dedicated citizens, the Carthage was based on the commercial resources and wealth but the Rome was depended on the good moral of its citizens and it's well-organized political system, and the greatness of the Carthage was measured with their successes, on the other hand, the greatness of the Rome was measured as they showed on their hard time or dark hours of disaster (Morey, 1901).
In conclusion, the Carthaginian government was quite different from the Roman government. Some of the positions and the construction of both governments seem alike but they are totally different in the way they operate the government.