Seventh Sicilian War
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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.
Chronology
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January 305 BC: Syracusan tyrant Agathocles negotiated a peace treaty with the Carthaginians in 306 BC, in which he retained control of the eastern half of the island.
January 314 BC: In 315 BC, Agathocles, the tyrant of Syracuse, seized the city of Messana, present-day Messina. Agathocles was a powerful and ambitious ruler who sought to expand his territory and influence in Sicily during this time. The capture of Messana was a strategic move in his efforts to control the region.
January 309 BC: The two armies met in the first Battle of White Tunis outside Carthage. The Carthaginian army, under Hanno and Hamilcar, was defeated. Agathocles and his forces laid siege to Carthage, but it was too strongly fortified for them to assault. Instead, the Greeks slowly occupied the whole of northern Tunisia.
January 306 BC: The Syracusan invaders were defeated by Carthage in 307 BC.
January 310 BC: Hamilcar, grandson of Hanno the Navigator, successfully led the Carthaginian counterattack. He defeated Agathocles in the Battle of the Himera River in 311 BC. Agathocles had to retreat to Syracuse while Hamilcar won control over the rest of Sicily.
January 310 BC: Hamilcar, son of Gisgo and grandson of Hanno the Great, led a campaign against Agathocles of Syracuse during the Third Sicilian War. He laid siege of Syracuse from 311 to 309 BC.
January 308 BC: In desperation, Agathocles secretly led an expedition of 14,000 men to the mainland of Africa, hoping to save his rule by leading a counterstrike against Carthage itself. In this, he was successful: Carthage was forced to recall Hamilcar and most of his army from Sicily to face the new and unexpected threat.
