The War Between Rome and Carthage

The people's assembly in carthage did not have nearly the clout that its cuarrellary in rome did. There was no lingering discrimination of new wealth by old families, so there was no real sense of disefranchisement by men with money who would have otherwise driven democratic political reform. If you were rich and lost all your money, you were kicked out. Nobody cared if you made it last week or ten generations back. And if you idn't having money, there wasn't a whole lot you could do to change the system.