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278–280 CE – Syracuse sacked by Franks. [6] 304 – Death of Christian St. Lucia Of Syracuse during the Diocletianic Persecution. 535 – Syracuse taken by Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire. [1] 668 – 15 September: Assassination of Byzantine emperor Constans II. [7] 827-828 - Siege of Syracuse (827–828).
Syracuse in Antiquity: History and Topography: Chapter 4: "The Four Great Sieges of Syracuse". University of South Africa Press. Govan, K. (2016) "Fortifications of Syracuse: Dionysius I, 405 to 396 BCE". University of Oregon Thesis. (Contains maps) Hoyos, Dexter (2015). Mastering the West: Rome and Carthage at War. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
When Carthage sent a large army to the island, the Syracusan faction with Hicetas decided to ask Corinth for help. Corinth was their mother city, which had founded Syracuse in 735 BC and opposed tyrants. [2] Hicetas however did not plan on restoring democracy to Syracuse, but wanted to become tyrant himself.
The Punic war-fleet, made up of 250 triremes and captured Greek quinqueremes, sailed into the Great Harbour at the same time and in perfect order sailed past Syracuse, displaying the spoils captured from the Greeks. 2000–3000 transports then moored in the harbour, bringing in soldiers and supplies. Himilco was ready to begin the siege.
The armies of Hamilcar and Agathocles clashed in the Battle of the Himera River in 311 BC. Agathocles suffered a disastrous defeat, a large part of his army was killed or taken prisoner by the Carthaginians. He gathered the survivors, burned his camp and withdrew to Gela. There he remained for some time to divert the Carthaginian army from ...
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Siege of Syracuse (415–413 BC), during the Sicilian Expedition; By, or in league with, the Carthaginians: Siege of Syracuse (397 BC) Siege of Syracuse (343 BC) Siege of Syracuse (311–309 BC) Siege of Syracuse (278 BC) By the Roman Republic: Siege of Syracuse (213–212 BC), during the Second Punic War against Carthage; By the Arab Aghlabid ...
The siege of Syracuse in 278 BC was the last attempt of Carthage to conquer the city of Syracuse. Syracuse was weakened by a civil war between Thoenon and Sostratus. The Carthaginians used this opportunity to attack and besiege Syracuse both by land and sea. Thoenon and Sostratus then appealed to king Pyrrhus of Epirus to come to the aid of ...