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| BID | UBO4942906 | |
| Description | *Mastia Tarseion revisited : the geographical limits of Polybius' second Romano-Carthaginian treaty / Luis Silva Reneses Basel ; Schweiz : Schwabe Verlag, 2026 201 p. : ill. ; 23 cm |
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| ISBN | 9783796554162 | |
| Series | Schweizerische Beiträge zur Altertumswissenschaft , 63 | |
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| Subjects | IMPERO ROMANO - Geografia storica | |
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| Publication year | 2026 | |
| Titolo dell'opera | Mastia Tarseion revisited | |
| Abstract di polo | 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 |