Mago II of Carthage

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Mago II
Shofet of Carthage
Reign396 to 375 BCE
Predecessor
Mago III of Carthage
DynastyMagonids

Mago II, also known as Magon (

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

Sicels
.

War broke out again at the end of his reign and he died in the Carthaginian defeat of the

also called Mago "Himilco Mago" who led the Carthaginians to a great victory against Dionysius at the battle of Cronium.[2]

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  • Huss, Werner (1985), Geschichte der Karthager, Munich: C.H. Beck, . (in German)