Apollonia (Sikelia)

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A Greek polis in ancient Sikelia.

Establishment

January 366 BC: Apollonia was founded by Dionysius I of Syracuse as an outpost against the Carthaginians.

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Conquests by Dyonisus I "the Elder", tyrant of the Polis of Syracuse (Sicily).

Were a series of wars between 264 and 146 BC fought between Rome and Carthage. The wars ended with the Roman conquest of the Carthaginian Empire.

Was the first of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage, the two main powers of the western Mediterranean. .

Was the Roman invasion of Sicily during the First Punic War.

January 240 BC: After the Battle of the Aegates Islands, Rome controlled the whole island of Sicily.

January 240 BC: After the Battle of the Aegates Islands, Rome controlled the whole island of Sicily.

Venning, T. (2011): A chronology of the Roman Empire, Continuum International Publishing Group, p.89