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Encyclopedia > Battle of Himera (311 BC)
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Carthaginian force under Hamilcar, grandson of Hanno the Great, defeats Greek forces at Himera and lays seige to Syracuse.


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List of battles 1400 BC-600 AD (4447 words)
Battle of Himera[?] The Carthaginians under Hamilcar are defeated by the Greeks of Sicily, led by Gelon[?] of Syracuse.
316 BC Battle of Lautulae[?] The Romans are defeated by the Samnites.
225 BC Battle of Faesulae[?] The Romans are defeated by the Gauls of Northern Italy.
Carthage - Crystalinks (3393 words)
In 509 BC a treaty was signed between Carthage and Rome indicating a division of influence and commercial activities.
In 315 BC Agathocles, the tyrant of Syracuse, seized the city of Messene (present-day Messina).
In 311 BC he invaded the last Carthaginian holdings on Sicily, breaking the terms of the current peace treaty, and laid siege to Akragas.
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