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Himilco (fl. 3rd century BC)

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came to power in Syracuse. With their assistance, and with (according to Livy) a large Carthaginian army of 20,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry, he overran large portions of Sicily, including the old Carthaginian stronghold of
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He met with considerable local support, notably due to the Roman massacre of the pro-Carthaginian population of
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in 214 BC, after the pro-Carthaginian tyrants Hippocrates and
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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
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Carthaginian
Second Punic War
Sicily
Epicydes
Agrigentum
Marcus Claudius Marcellus
besieging Syracuse
Enna
"Himilco"
Livy's History of Rome
Livy's History of Rome
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Notable Carthaginians

Adherbal (admiral)
Adherbal (governor)
Barcids
Hamilcar Barca
Hannibal Barca
Hasdrubal Barca
Hasdrubal the Fair
Mago Barca
Carthalo

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