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Cicero noted Agrigentum as a
civitas de****ana and socius,
highlighting its
loyal service in the
Third Punic War. He
ranked Agrigentum among Sicily's...
- The
Battle of
Agrigentum (Sicily, 262 BC) was the
first pitched battle of the
First Punic War and the
first large-scale
military confrontation between...
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Empedocles Empedocles of
Agrigentum Born c. 494 BC Akragas,
Sicily Died c. 434 BC
Philosophical work Era Pre-Socratic
philosophy Region Western philosophy...
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Philinus of
Agrigentum (3rd-century BCE),
Magna Graecia, was a
historian who
lived during the
First Punic War, who is said to have
written history from...
- of
Agrigento was also
known as the
Diocese of Girgenti, and
Diocese of
Agrigentum. It used to be a
suffragan of the
Archdiocese of Monreale. A metropolitan...
- Rome from
Agrigentum. He was
mentioned by
Diodorus Siculus as an
instance of the
immense wealth which private citizens possessed at
Agrigentum. When his...
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Phintias was an
ancient Gr****
tyrant of the
Sicilian town of
Acragas (c. 288 - 279 BC) in
Magna Graecia. He
appears to have
established his
power over...
- The
Battle of
Agrigentum was
fought in 456 A.D. at
Agrigentum, now
Agrigento in modern-day Sicily. An army of the
Western Roman Empire, led by the general...
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Carthaginians of that name.
Before the battle,
Hannibal Gisco was in the city of
Agrigentum,
besieged by the Romans, and
Hanno was sent to
provide relief.
Hanno concentrated...
- Olympia, now a ruin Temple F or the so-called "Temple of Concordia" at
Agrigentum (c. 430 BCE), one of the best-preserved
classical Gr**** temples, retaining...
