Katane
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A Greek polis in ancient Sikelia.
Establishment
January 728 BC: Some colonist from Naxos founded Katane, a greek polis in ancient Sikelia.
Chronology
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Were a series of conflicts fought between ancient Carthage and the Greek city-states led by Syracuse (Sicily) over the control of Sicily and the western Mediterranean.
January 489 BC: Cleander of Gela and his brother Hippocrates successfully took over both Ionian and Dorian Greek territory, and by 490 BC, Zankle, Leontini, Catana, Naxos, besides neighboring Sicel lands and Camarina had fallen under Gelan control.
Was a revolt in Sicily by the local Sicelian people led by Ducetius.
January 452 BC: Agnone conquered by Confederation of the Sicels.
January 449 BC: In 450 BC Sicel leader Ducetius was defeated by the Greek Poleis of Sicily at Nomae (perhaps in the province of Agrigento) and later at Motyon (near San Cataldo). This caused the collapse of the Confederation of the Sicels.
Conquests by Dyonisus I "the Elder", tyrant of the Polis of Syracuse (Sicily).
January 402 BC: In 403 BC, the city of Katane was conquered by Dionysius the Elder, a tyrant of Syracuse. As a result, the inhabitants of Katane were deported to Syracuse, consolidating Dionysius' power in the region.
January 464 BC: After the death of the Syracusan tyrant and the defeat of Thrasybulus of Syracuse, which marked the end of the dynasty of the Dinomenids, the city was reconquered by the Katanaioi.
Disestablishment
January 402 BC: In 403 BC, the city of Katane was conquered by Dionysius the Elder, a tyrant of Syracuse. As a result, the inhabitants of Katane were deported to Syracuse, consolidating Dionysius' power in the region.
