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c. 580 BCE

Agrigento in Sicily is founded by colonists from Gela, Crete and Rhodes.
c. 570 BCE - c. 549 BCE

The tyrant Phalaris rules Agrigento, expanding its territory.
c. 510 BCE

The temple of Hercules is built at Agrigento.
492 BCE - 432 BCE

Life of the philosopher Empidocles of Agrigento.
c. 489 BCE - c. 473 BCE

The tyrant Theron rules Agrigento.
480 BCE

Agrigento defeats Carthage at the battle of Himera.
c. 480 BCE

The huge temple of Zeus is built at Agrigento.
450 BCE - 430 BCE

The Temple of Concordia is built at Agrigento.
c. 430 BCE

The temple of Hephaistos is built at Agrigento.
413 BCE

Agrigento remains neutral in the war between Athens and Syracuse.
406 BCE

Agrigento is attacked and destroyed by Carthage.
400 BCE - 390 BCE

A sanctuary to Asclepius is built at Agrigento.
282 BCE

Gela, on Sicily, is destroyed by Phintias, the tyrant of Agrigento.
262 BCE

Rome besieges and sacks Agrigento on Sicily in one of the first actions of the First Punic War.
210 BCE

Rome attacks Agrigento.