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Long before Carthage and Rome faced off in the climactic Punic Wars for control of the Mediterranean, the island of Sicily played host to a series of 7 great wars between the Carthaginians and the Greeks.
The First Punic Sicilian War would eventually break out when the Dorian Greek tyrants, Theron and Gelon, threatened to lay claim to the island of Sicily. In response, Ionian Greeks called upon Carthage for help. The Punic Senate was all to happy to oblige and now sent a massive invasion force under the command of Hamilcar the First. This assault from the west would coincide with the Persian Invasion on the Greek homeland in the east under King Xerxes. However both assaults upon the Greek world would be thrown back following a series of disasters and the staunch fighting of the defenders. For Carthage, this would occur at the Battle of Himera in 480 BC where their general Hamilcar would be killed and his army defeated.
For 70 years, no Carthaginian army would set foot on Sicily. However it would be Hannibal Mago who now marshalled a new force with which to once more make a play for the island and avenge his grandfather.
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Sources and Suggested Reading:
"The Carthaginians" by Dexter Hoyos
"Carthage's Other Wars" by Dexter Hoyos
"Carthage Must Be Destroyed" by Richard Miles
Credit:
Research = Vaughan Fenton
Script = Vaughn Fenton
Narration = Invicta
Art = Penta Limited
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