Carthaginian-Syracusan War
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles
- Curriculum: Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Sicily, Greece, Carthage, Tunisia, Greece (ancient)
- Date: 481-480
Article abstract: At issue: Control of Sicily. Result: A military stalemate in Sicily.
Background
It was in Carthage’s national interest to protect Sicily, Sardinia, and its Greek Sicilian allies in order to secure and expand its commercial trading empire and, perhaps more important, to control the route to Spain and its rich mineral resources. However, the development of a very virulent form of Greek nationalism in Greek Asia and in Sicily became an extreme threat to the strategic realization of those interests. In 514 b.c.e., the Spartan prince...
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