Back to Ancient History SourceBook Ancient History Sourcebook: Aristotle: On the Constitution of Carthage, c. 340 BCE The Carthaginians are also considered to have an excellent form of government, which differs from that of any other state in several respects, though it is in some very like the Spartan. Indeed, all three states---the Spartan, the Cretan, and the Carthaginian---nearly resemble ...