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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
So great were the casualties, that Diodorus reports that not a man that landed on Sicily returned to Carthage. When we think of decisive battles in ancient history, we think of Salamis ...
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Agathocles, the Tyrant Who Defended Syracuse by Taking the War to Africa, Invading and Besieging Carthage
The Sicilian Agathocles, a man not only of obscure but lowly and abject origins, became king of Syracuse. The son of a potter ...