The Sicilian Wars

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Greeks vs. Carthage - The Sicilian Wars 480 BCE to 306 BCE

Sicily proved to be the battleground between two of the premiere civilizations in the Mediterranean.  The Doric Greeks and the Phoenician Carthaginians battled for control over the island as a vital crossing point and stronghold for trade.  Whoever controlled the island could control North/South and East/West sea lanes.  Therefore, the competition between the Greek allied city-states often led by Syracuse and the North African city of Carthage raged for decades.

The Carthaginian army was routed by a numerically inferior Greek force. The slaughter was so immense that the First Battle of Himera became conflated by ancient Greek historians with a contemporaneous triumph at Salamis where Grecian forces pounded the Persian invaders.

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