Ebro Treaty
The Ebro Treaty was a treaty signed in 226 BC by Hasdrubal the Fair of Carthage and the Roman Republic, which fixed the river Ebro in Iberia as the boundary between the two respective powers. Under the terms of the treaty, Carthage would not expand north of the Ebro, as long as Rome likewise did not expand to the south of the river.
At an unknown date some time after 226 BC, Rome became affiliated with the town of
The Romans were unable to come to the aid of Saguntum before the town fell in 219 BC. After Saguntum fell, the Romans made preparations for war and sent a second embassy to Carthage. The Roman envoys demanded that Carthage hand over Hannibal and any others responsible for the attack on Saguntum.[3] Livy states that this second embassy was sent simply to follow the formalities of officially declaring war; meaning that the Romans fully anticipated a renewed war with Carthage.[4] Both Livy and Polybius provide accounts of the argument between the second Roman embassy and the Carthaginian senate.
The Carthaginian senate then disavowed the Ebro treaty and again refused to hand Hannibal to the Romans. The Carthaginians are said to have compared this treaty to the one made between
See also
- The Treaty with Saguntum, T. A. Dorey, http://www.uc.pt/fluc/eclassicos/publicacoes/ficheiros/humanitas11-12/01_Torey.pdf
- List of treaties
- Casus belli
References
- ^ Adrian Goldsworthy, The Punic Wars (London: Cassel, 2000) 144.
- ^ Polybius, The Histories, trans. Mortimer Chambers (New York: Twayne Publishers, 1966), Book III, chapters 15–16, page 103–105.
- ^ Titus Livius, Livy, trans. Frank Gardner Moore (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1962) Book XXI
- ^ Titus Livius Book XXI, VII, 49
- ^ Polybius, The Histories, trans. Mortimer Chambers (New York: Twayne Publishers, 1966), Book III, c 28–29
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