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The city of Syracuse was now under the control of Rome again, which united the whole of Sicily as a Roman province by 210 BC. The taking of Syracuse ensured that the Carthaginians could not get a foothold in Sicily, which could have led to them giving support to Hannibal 's Italian campaign, and this allowed the Romans to concentrate on waging ...
Marcus Claudius Marcellus (/ m ɑːr ˈ s ɛ l ə s /; c. 270 – 208 BC) was a Roman general and politician during the 3rd century BC.Five times elected as consul of the Roman Republic (222, 215, 214, 210, and 208 BC).
Hiero at once joined the Punic leader Hanno, who had recently landed in Sicily; but fighting a battle to an inconclusive outcome with the Romans led by the consul Appius Claudius Caudex, he withdrew to Syracuse. [4] [1] Pressed by the Roman forces, in 263 he concluded a treaty with Rome, by which he was to rule over the south-east of Sicily and ...
Roman conquest of Britain: Roman forces entered modern Scotland. AD 73: 16 April: Siege of Masada: Roman forces breached the walls of Masada, a mountain fortress held by the Jewish extremist sect the Sicarii. AD 77: Gnaeus Julius Agricola was appointed consul and governor of Britain. AD 79: 23 June: Vespasian died. He was succeeded by his son ...
The Roman general Marcus Claudius Marcellus is elected consul for the fourth time and takes Salapia in Apulia, which has revolted and joined forces with Hannibal. The Spanish language evolves from Vulgar Latin, which was brought to the Iberian Peninsula by the Romans during the Second Punic War.
Year 211 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Maximus and Maximus (or, less frequently, year 543 Ab urbe condita).
Syracuse (Ancient Greek: Συρακοῦσαι) was an ancient Greek city-state, located on the east coast of Sicily, Magna Graecia. The city was founded by settlers from Corinth in 734 or 733 BCE , and was conquered by the Romans in 212 BCE, after which it became the seat of Roman rule in Sicily.
Born at Rome c. 280 BC, Fabius was a descendant of the ancient patrician Fabia gens.He was the son or grandson [i] of Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges, three times consul and princeps senatus, and grandson or great-grandson of Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus, a hero of the Samnite Wars, who like Verrucosus held five consulships, as well as the offices of dictator and censor.