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Listed 2 sub titles with search on: History for destination: "ERYX Ancient city SICILY".


History (2)

Naval battles

Carthaginians against Dionysius

The place was conquered by:

Pyrrhus king of Epirus

   Pyrrhus now crossed over into Sicily, where he remained upwards of two years, from the middle of 278 to the latter end of 276. At first he met with brilliant success, defeated the Carthaginians and took Eryx;

This extract is from: Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. Cited Nov 2002 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks


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