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Mastia Tarseion Revisited

By Luis Silva Reneses

Mastia Tarseion Revisited Natural Sciences

Mastia Tarseion Revisited

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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.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
201
Release Date:
2025-12-15
Publication Date:
2025-12-08
Publisher:
Schwabe Verlag Basel
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
3796554164
ISBN13:
9783796554162
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
427 g
Height:
158 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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