\paperw4995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \qr \f1 \fs22 In Carthage the commander in charge of the army was usually a member of the aristocracy, elected by the senate, an
d supported by a small number of high-ranking officers, always Carthaginian by birth, who were placed in command of individual corps. At first the army was conscripted essentially from full citizens of the capital and the other North African cities ruled
by Carthage. Later the contingents from the cities were replaced by armies made up of Libyans, i.e. subject African peoples, and mercenaries. The crews of warships, on the other hand, were made up entirely of Carthaginian citizens.\par
