In 308 BCE, the Melek Bomilcar tried to dissolve the Carthagian Senate. When the Carthagian people decided to support the Senate, Bomilkar was taken captive and he and his son were executed. His daughter, Medea survived and was forced into the religious caste, she became a servant of Tanit.

Ten years later:

On the day the young priestess of Tanit, Medea became 15 years old, a servant of the new Melek Hamilkar, who had managed to eliminate his Co-Consul two years before, visited her after the sacrificial rituals for Tanit. The servant informed the girl about the Melek's attempt to court her.
She was not surprised, as daughter of the last ruler of Carthage she expected to get married to the next autocrat, who would be able to establish himself as surpreme power over the power of the Senate. She expected this person to tie his claim up to her father's position by marrying the girl who was onced called a princess.
The wedding ceremony was quickly settled.