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Carthage, Syracuse, and the Battle for Sicily

Tides of History

11-04-2024 • 40 mins

By 480 BC, the same year Xerxes and the Persians descended on Greece, Sicily had become a battleground for the rising powers of the Central Mediterranean: Carthage, on one side, and the Greek colony of Syracuse on the other. The result was a massive battle, and its remains still survive in the archaeological record.


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