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Name: Second Sicilian War

Type: Event

Start: 408 BC

End: 403 BC

Parent: Sicilian Wars

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Was a conflict fought between ancient Carthage and the Greek city-states led by Syracuse (Sicily) over the control of Sicily and the western Mediterranean.

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  • January 404 BC: The city of Gela is captured and destroyed.
  • January 403 BC: The plague struck the Carthaginian army again, and Himilco agreed to a peace treaty that left the Carthaginians in control of all the recent conquests, with Selinus, Thermae, Akragas, Gela and Camarina as tributary vassals.
  • January 408 BC: Hannibal Mago succeeded in capturing Selinus after winning the Battle of Selinus.
  • January 408 BC: Hannibal Mago, a Carthaginian general, destroyed Himera in -409 after winning the Second Battle against the Greek city-state. This victory allowed Carthage to gain control of the territory previously held by Himera.
  • January 408 BC: After the Punic invasion of 409 BC, the ancient Greek city of Herakleia Minoa, located in Sicily, fell under the control of Carthage. This marked a significant shift in power in the region, as Carthage expanded its influence in the Mediterranean.
  • February 408 BC: Hannibal Mago, a Carthaginian general, destroyed Himera after winning the Second Battle against the Greek city-state. The territory of Himera then went to Akragas, another Greek city-state in Sicily. This event took place in -408.
  • January 405 BC: Himilco, Hannibal Mago's successor, captured and sacked Akragas.

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