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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Statements (46)

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 NERFINISHED
Iberian Peninsula NERFINISHED
approximateDate c. 226 BCE
late 3rd century BCE
boundaryRiver Ebro River NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
disputeFocus interpretation of Roman and Carthaginian rights in Iberia
geographicalReference northeastern Spain
northern Iberia
hasParty Carthage NERFINISHED
Roman Republic NERFINISHED
hasSignatory Carthage NERFINISHED
Roman Republic NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
namedAfter Ebro River NERFINISHED
placeOfConclusion Iberia NERFINISHED
politicalContext Roman–Carthaginian rivalry in Iberia
precedesEvent Second Punic War NERFINISHED
primarySource Livy NERFINISHED
Polybius NERFINISHED
relatedConflict Second Punic War NERFINISHED
relatedTo Roman–Carthaginian treaties NERFINISHED
Treaty of Lutatius NERFINISHED
Treaty of the First Punic War NERFINISHED
sphereOfInfluenceNorthOfBoundary Roman Republic NERFINISHED
sphereOfInfluenceSouthOfBoundary Carthage NERFINISHED
typeOfBoundary river boundary

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