Mastia Tarseion Revisited

The Geographical Limits of Polybius’ Second Romano-Carthaginian Treaty

Luis Silva Reneses (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

201 Seiten

2025
Schwabe Verlagsgruppe AG Schwabe Verlag
978-3-7965-5416-2 (ISBN)

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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 Mastia Tarseion. 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 Ethnika – 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.

Erscheinungsdatum	12.12.2025
Reihe/Serie	Schweizerische Beiträge zur Altertumswissenschaft ; Band Band 63
Sprache	englisch
Maße	157 x 226 mm
Gewicht	435 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
Schlagworte	Carthage • Carthaginian Africa • Carthaginian Imperialism • Iberia • Mastia Tarseion • Naval boundaries • Polybius • Romano-Carthaginian treaties • roman republic • Stephanus of Byzantium
ISBN-10	3-7965-5416-4 / 3796554164
ISBN-13	978-3-7965-5416-2 / 9783796554162
Zustand	Neuware