{"product_id":"mastia-tarseion-revisited","title":"Mastia Tarseion Revisited","description":"\u003cp\u003ePolybius 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 \u003ci\u003eMastia Tarseion\u003c\/i\u003e. 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 \u003ci\u003eEthnika\u003c\/i\u003e - 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":53951485215058,"sku":"9783796554162","price":48.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/unnamed_407e8b6b-8512-4b3f-a386-0021a782bf03.jpg?v=1783463991","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/mastia-tarseion-revisited","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}