Mastia Tarseion Revisited

The Geographical Limits of Polybius' Second Romano-Carthaginian Treaty

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<p>Polybius reports that the second Romano-Carthaginian treaty included a clause forbidding the Romans to pillage, trade, or found cities beyond the Fair Promontory (modern Cape Bon) and a mysterious place called <i>Mastia Tarseion</i>. On the assumption that Mastia Tarseion was located in southern Iberia, modern scholars have used the treaty as evidence for a proactive and enduring Carthaginian presence in the Iberian Peninsula as early as 348 BCE. A close examination of the treaty's contents, Polybius' comments on it, and the other evidence available - including two problematic entries in Stephanus of Byzantium's <i>Ethnika</i> - reveals that Mastia Tarseion was in fact a promontory on the North African coast, west of but not very far from the city of Carthage. The treaty thus emerges as a key document for understanding the nature and evolution of Carthaginian imperialism in the western Mediterranean.</p>

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EAN

9783796554162

Sprache

Englisch

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Buch

Maße

229 x 158 x 22 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Verlag / Hersteller

Schwabe Verlag Basel