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    The Battle of Selinus, which took place early in 409 BC, is the opening battle of the so-called Second Sicilian War. The ten-day-long siege and battle was...
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    under the instructions of the Carthaginian senate, had previously sacked and destroyed the city of Selinus after the Battle of Selinus in 409. Hannibal then...
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    Selinunte (redirect from Selinus)
    romanized: Selīnoûs [seliːnûːs]; Latin: Selīnūs [sɛˈliːnuːs]; Sicilian: Silinunti [sɪlɪˈnuntɪ]) was a rich and extensive ancient Greek city of Magna Graecia...
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  • In the Battle of Selinus and Battle of Himera he captures and destroys both cities before returning triumphantly to Carthage with the spoils of war. Sophocles'...
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    Greek allies of Hamilcar (Greeks of Selinus and Anaxilas of Rhegion) were absent – and never joined the battle. The city of Himera sits on top of a hill (300–400...
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    Sicilian Wars (category Military history of Sicily)
    diplomacy involving Carthage, Segesta, Selinus, and Syracuse failed to bring about a reconciliation between Segesta and Selinus, Hannibal Mago set out for Sicily...
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  • request from the city of Segesta. In the Battle of Selinus he successfully took the Greek city of Selinus and then Himera. In the process of this conquest he...
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    circumscribed expedition; he felt that the fleet should sail to Selinus and force a settlement between Selinus and Segesta. After that, he proposed to briefly show...
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  • Selinus, or celery in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Selinus (Latin for Selinunte) was a city of ancient Sicily. Selinus may also refer to: Selinus...
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  • Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also List of Roman battles Sherman Storytelling:...
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    In the Battle of Selinus and Battle of Himera he captures and destroys both cities before returning triumphantly to Carthage with the spoils of war. Sophocles'...
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  • This is a list of known wars, conflicts, battles/sieges, missions and operations involving ancient Greek city states and kingdoms, Magna Graecia, other...
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    the Battle of Selinus. The Syracusan expedition was a failure: after the first battle at Himera, the Syracusan army was forced to turn back in fear of a...
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    Founding of Tripolis by Samos 630 Formal pederasty is introduced, first in Crete, as a means of population control and an educational modality. 628 Selinus is...
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  • is a list of massacres that have occurred in Italy and its predecessors (numbers may be approximate): they are divided by the presence of culpability...
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    Olympia, together with the metopes of Temple C at Selinus. Triglyphs and metopes from the Temple C (Selinus) at Selinus, c. 560 BC, in the Antonino Salinas...
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  • The Battle of Cotyaeum (modern Kütahya) of 492 CE was a major engagement is the Isaurian War fought in Phrygia Epictetus. The future Byzantine emperor...
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    The Phoenician cities of Motya, Panormus and Solus in Sicily and the Elymians had teamed up to defeat the Greeks of Selinus and Rhodes near Lilybaeum...
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  • Hasdrubal's successor, Adhubal, decided that the large fortified city of Selinus could no longer be garrisoned and had the town evacuated and destroyed...
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  • early Italian campaigns Battle of Selinus – 409 BC – Sicilian Wars Battle of Himera (409 BC) – 409 BC – Sicilian Wars Siege of Akragas (406 BC) – 406 BC...
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    in 409 BCE ended in the utter destruction of the city of Selinus, ally of the powerful Greek city state of Syracuse. Hannibal achieved true notoriety...
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    Pyrrhic War (category Wars involving city-states of Magna Graecia)
    defeated the Carthaginian garrison in Heraclea Minoa and seized Azones. Selinus, Halicyae, Segesta and other cities went over to him. He besieged Eryx...
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    Trajan (redirect from Delight of Mankind)
    sailing back to Rome, Trajan fell ill and died of a stroke in the city of Selinus. He was deified by the senate and his successor Hadrian (Trajan's cousin)...
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  • expand, Selinus had to either attack the Elymians in the north, the Phoenicians to the west of Selinus or Akragas in the east. A war between Selinus and Elymians...
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  • appeal for aid from Segesta against Selinus, had sent an expedition to Sicily under Hannibal Mago, and sacked Selinus and Himera in 409. Responding to Greek...
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    Himera (category Colonies of Magna Graecia)
    Carthaginians, though, had greater ambitions. Immediately after the destruction of Selinus, Hannibal Mago, who commanded the expedition, hastened to turn his arms...
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  • Grove of Zeus, on the road to Olympia from Sparta, It stood upon the river Selinus, which was also the name of the river flowing by the temple of Artemis...
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  • during the reign of king Selinus. After his father’s death, Ion was on the point of marching against the Aegialeans, when Selinus offered him his only child...
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    for a compromise between Selinus and Segesta had failed. Hannibal Mago of Carthage led the expedition, took the city of Selinus by storm in 409 and then...
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  • Sicily. Carthage had intervened in favour of Segesta in 409 BC against Selinus, which led to the sack of both Selinus and Himera in 409 BC. This led to Hermocrates...
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