Ebro Treaty

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The Ebro Treaty was a pre-Second Punic War agreement between Rome and Carthage that set the Ebro River in northeastern Spain as the boundary limiting Carthaginian expansion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international agreement
treaty
aimsTo stabilize Roman and Carthaginian spheres of influence in Iberia
allowsExpansionOf Carthage south of the Ebro River
appliesToRegion Hispania
linked to: Hispania (probable)

Iberian Peninsula
approximateDate c. 226 BCE
late 3rd century BCE
boundaryRiver Ebro River
category Ancient Roman treaties
Carthaginian treaties
Treaties involving territorial boundaries
concerns division of spheres of influence between Rome and Carthage
territorial expansion in Iberia
constrains Carthaginian military expansion in northern Iberia
definesBoundary Ebro River
disputeFocus interpretation of Roman and Carthaginian rights in Iberia
geographicalReference northeastern Spain
northern Iberia
hasParty Carthage
Roman Republic
hasSignatory Carthage
Roman Republic
historicalPeriod pre-Second Punic War
historicalSignificance set formal limit to Carthaginian expansion in Spain before Hannibal
indirectlyRelatedTo Hannibal’s campaigns in Spain
Roman intervention in Saguntum
languageOfDocument Latin
Punic
legalNature non-aggression boundary agreement
legalStatus bilateral treaty
limitsExpansionDirection north of the Ebro River
limitsExpansionOf Carthage
namedAfter Ebro River
placeOfConclusion Iberia
politicalContext Roman–Carthaginian rivalry in Iberia
precedesEvent Second Punic War
primarySource Livy
Polybius
relatedConflict Second Punic War
relatedTo Roman–Carthaginian treaties
Treaty of Lutatius
Treaty of the First Punic War
sphereOfInfluenceNorthOfBoundary Roman Republic
sphereOfInfluenceSouthOfBoundary Carthage
typeOfBoundary river boundary

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