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The Mamertines held the town of Messina for over 20 years. They changed it from a bustling town of farmers and traders to a raiding base. The Mamertines became pirates on land and sea. Taking advantage of the war-weary Sicilians, they looted the nearby settlements and captured trade ships on the strait, carrying their plunder back to their base.
Messina (/ m ɛ ˈ s iː n ə / mess-EE ... In 288 BC the Mamertines seized the city by treachery, killing all the men and taking the women as their wives.
Despite the Carthaginian naval advantage, the Roman crossing of the Strait of Messina was ineffectively opposed. [3] As the Carthaginian garrison had already been expelled by the Mamertines, the Romans could quickly enter the city and move in against their enemies.
282 BCE - Mamertines take Messina (approximate date). [3] 241 BCE - Messina becomes a civitas foederata. [3] 35 BCE - Messina attacked by forces of Octavian. [3] 520 CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Messina active (approximate date). [4] 535 CE - Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire takes Sicily. [5] 843 - Arabs in power. [5] [3] 1061 - Normans in ...
In 265 BCE, the Mamertines who were occupying Messana were being threatened by Hiero II of Syracuse. Consequently, they sent appeals for assistance to Rome and Carthage. [2] The Carthaginians were first to respond, dispatching a small force commanded by Hanno to occupy the citadel of Messana and patrol the strait of Messina. [3]
The Strait of Messina were blocked by the Mamertines and the pirates of in Rhegium, so Pyrrhus' fleet sailed from Locri, eluding the patrols of the Carthaginian fleet and landed at Tauromenium, a little south of Messina. The local tyrant Tyndarion immediately declared his allegiance to Pyrrhus.
The siege of Messina (June–September 1282) was a 13th-century military engagement. Fought during the opening months of the War of the Sicilian Vespers, the engagement began when an Angevin army led by Charles of Anjou laid siege to the city of Messina, which had rebelled against Angevin rule.
The Carthaginians, always eager to prevent the excessive empowerment of a single force and to keep Sicily divided, offered aid to the Mamertines. Hiero had to return to Syracuse, where he assumed the title of king. [6] [7] Shortly thereafter, the Mamertines decided to expel the Carthaginian garrison and seek aid from the Romans instead. [8]