Institution

Kosmoi

The kosmoi were the chief magistrates of the city-states of ancient Crete. Aristotle compared the constitution of Carthage with those of Sparta and Crete, drawing an analogy between Carthaginian institutions and the Spartan ephors and Cretan kosmoi. The comparison appears in the Punic Empire's profile in discussing Carthage's mixed constitution.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Kosmoi. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kosmoi
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