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c. 750 BCEPhoenicians found the colony of Motya on Sicily.
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734 BCEChalcis founds the colony of Naxos on Sicily.
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733 BCECorinth founds the colony of Syracuse in Sicily.
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c. 720 BCEChalcis founds the colony of Rhegium in Sicily.
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c. 689 BCERhodes and Cretans found Gela in Sicily.
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c. 630 BCEMessana founds the colony of Himera on Sicily.
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c. 630 BCESelinus is founded by colonists from Megara Hyblaea, Sicily.
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580 BCE - 376 BCECarthage and Greece fight for dominance in Sicily.
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580 BCE - 576 BCEWar between the Sicilian city-states of Segesta and Selinus.
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580 BCE - 560 BCEThe main temple of the acropolis, Temple C, was built at Selinus.
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c. 580 BCEAgrigento in Sicily is founded by colonists from Gela, Crete and Rhodes.
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c. 570 BCE - c. 549 BCEThe tyrant Phalaris rules Agrigento, expanding its territory.
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491 BCE - 478 BCEGelon is tyrant of Syracuse.
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491 BCE - 478 BCEReign of Gelon, tyrant of Gela on Sicily.
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c. 489 BCE - c. 473 BCEThe tyrant Theron rules Agrigento.
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480 BCETyrant of Syracuse Gelon defeats the Carthaginians at the battle of Himera.
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480 BCEAgrigento defeats Carthage at the battle of Himera.
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c. 480 BCEThe huge temple of Zeus is built at Agrigento.
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478 BCE - 467 BCEHiero I is tyrant of Syracuse.
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458 BCEA treaty of cooperation is signed between the Sicilian city-state of Segesta and Athens.
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450 BCE - 430 BCEThe Temple of Concordia is built at Agrigento.
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416 BCEWar breaks out again between rival Sicilian city-states Segesta and Selinus.
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415 BCE - 413 BCEAthenian expedition to attack Syracuse.
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415 BCEAthens launches an expedition against Sicily, the pretext being protection of Segesta.
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c. 415 BCEAlcibiades persuades the Athenian assembly to send a military expedition to Sicily.
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413 BCEThe Athenian expedition in Sicily ends in disastrous defeat and the Athenian generals Nicias and Demosthenes are executed.
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413 BCEAgrigento remains neutral in the war between Athens and Syracuse.
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406 BCEA Carthaginian army sacks Gela on Sicily.
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406 BCEAgrigento is attacked and destroyed by Carthage.
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405 BCEDionysius becomes tyrant in Syracuse, Sicily.
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c. 398 BCE - c. 380 BCEPlato travels in Egypt, Cyrene, Italy, Syracuse and Sicily.
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396 BCEThe Carthaginian city of Lilybaeum is founded on Sicily.
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367 BCEDionysius II becomes tyrant of Syracuse, Sicily.
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356 BCEDion becomes tyrant of Syracuse.
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346 BCEDionysius II is once again tyrant of Syracuse.
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344 BCETimoleon defeats Dionysius II of Syracuse and establishes an oligarchy government.
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c. 341 BCETimoleon defeats a Carthaginian army at the battle of Crimisus in Sicily.
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339 BCEGela on Sicily is rebuilt by the Corinthian general Timoleon.
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338 BCETimoleon agrees a peace treaty with Carthage over their control of Sicily.
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317 BCEAgathocles takes power in Syracuse.
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311 BCEA Carthaginian army defeats Agathocles of Syracuse near Gela, Sicily.
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309 BCESyracuse defeats a Carthaginian army in Sicily and kills their general Hamilcar.
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306 BCEAgathocles declares himself king of Syracuse.
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306 BCECarthage and Agathocles of Syracuse sign a peace treaty and divide Sicily between them.
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289 BCEAgathocles of Syracuse dies from poison or illness.
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288 BCEHicetus becomes tyrant of Syracuse.
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282 BCEGela, on Sicily, is destroyed by Phintias, the tyrant of Agrigento.
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270 BCE - 215 BCEHiero II is tyrant of Syracuse.
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264 BCEThe Mamertines at Messana on Sicily call for Carthaginian and then Roman help in defence against Syracuse, sparking the First Punic War.
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264 BCE - 241 BCEFirst Punic War. Carthage cedes Sicily to Rome.
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263 BCESegesta joins the Roman cause in the First Punic War.
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262 BCERome besieges and sacks Agrigento on Sicily in one of the first actions of the First Punic War.
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254 BCERomans capture Palermo during the First Punic War.
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250 BCESelinus on Sicily is abandoned.
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Jun 250 BCEA Carthaginian army led by Hasdrubal is defeated by Roman consul Metellus near Palermo in the First Punic War.
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247 BCEHamilcar Barca raids southern Italy and then lands on Sicily during the First Punic War.
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244 BCEHamilcar Barca captures Eryx on Sicily during the First Punic War.
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213 BCE - 212 BCERoman commander Marcus Claudius Marcellus lays seige to and ultimately sacks Syracuse.
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212 BCEA Carthaginian army is defeated in Sicily by a Roman army led by Marcellus. Syracuse falls to Rome who now control the island.
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210 BCERome attacks Agrigento.
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201 BCESyracuse joins the Roman Republic, province of Sicily is formed.
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189 CESeptimius Severus is proconsul of Sicily. Birth of Geta, his second son.
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535 CEBelisarius conquers Sicily and Naples.
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1035 CEThe Emir of Sicily, Ahmad al-Akhal, makes a treaty with the Byzantines rendering Sicily a virtual protectorate.
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1038 CEByzantine forces under George Maniakes invade Muslim Sicily.