The Carthaginian Civil War (49BC-47BC)was a major civil conflict fought between two factions in the Carthaginian Republic vying for power; the Aristos, led by Alahar Muttenbaal and a number of others against the Proles, led solely by Gisgo Barca. The war was the culmination of decades of tension between the two social and economical classes, the upper (aristos) and the lower (proles).