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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Ebro Treaty canonical 3

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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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