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Treaty of Lutatius

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/June 1, 2021 by Wehwalt (talk) 22:50, 7 May 2021 (UTC)



The Treaty of Lutatius was the agreement of 241 BC between Carthage and Rome which ended the First Punic War after 23 years. The Romans had defeated a Carthaginian fleet attempting to lift the blockade of its last strongholds on Sicily. Accepting defeat, the Carthaginian Senate ordered their commander on Sicily to negotiate a peace treaty. A draft treaty was rapidly approved, but when this was referred to Rome for ratification it was rejected. Rome then sent a commission which agreed that Carthage would hand over what it still held of Sicily, relinquish several groups of islands nearby, release all Roman prisoners without ransom, and pay large reparations over 10 years. In 237 BC Carthage prepared an expedition to recover the island of Sardinia, which had been lost to rebels. Cynically, the Romans announced that this was an act of war and that their peace terms were the ceding of Sardinia and Corsica and the payment of an additional indemnity; these were added to the treaty as a codicil.
 * Most recent similar article(s): I am unable to identify an FA marking the end of a war ever having been a TFA.
 * Main editors: Gog the Mild
 * Promoted: 16 August 2020
 * Reasons for nomination: With all of the MilHist TFAs it seemed a change of pace to have one marking the end of a war.
 * Support as nominator. Gog the Mild (talk) 11:06, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Support. Interesting article and blurb.  Ergo Sum  04:25, 5 May 2021 (UTC)