Ibiza
fought for Carthage.
During the Second Punic War, the island was assaulted by the two Scipio brothers in 209 BC but remained loyal to Carthage.
With Carthaginian military luck running out on the Iberian mainland, Ibiza was last used by the fleeing Carthaginian General
Mago to gather supplies and men before sailing to Minorca and then to Liguria. Ibiza negotiated a favorable treaty with the
Romans, which spared Ibiza from further destruction and allowed it to continue its CarthaginianPunic institutions well into
the Empire days, when it became an official Roman municipality. For this reason, Ibiza today offers excellent examples of late
CarthaginianPunic civilization. During the Roman Empire, the island became a quiet imperial outpost, removed from the
important trading routes of the time.
After the fall of the Roman empire and a brief period of first Vandal and then Byzantine rule, the island was conquered by the
Moors, as well as much of the Iberian peninsula
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