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Mamertines", Livius.org Jona
Lendering –
Mamertines Mamertine Coins...
- The
Mamertine Prison (Italian:
Carcere Mamertino), in
antiquity the Tullianum, was a
prison (carcer) with a
dungeon (oubliette)
located in the Comitium...
- of Syracuse,
defeated the
Mamertines near
Mylae on the Long****
River and
besieged Messina.
Carthage ****isted the
Mamertines because of a long-standing...
-
attempt to
capture it from the
Mamertines,
mercenaries from
Campania who had
taken it some
years before. The
Mamertines allied with a
nearby Carthaginian...
- Messina, and as the
Mamertines have
convinced the
Carthaginians to withdraw, he
meets with only
minimal resistance. The
Mamertines hand the city over to...
- expedition, and was
given orders to
cross to Messana."
After this, the
Mamertines forced the
Punic garrison out of
Messana and
invited the
Roman force into...
-
marrying the
daughter of Leptines, the
leading citizen. In the meantime, the
Mamertines, a body of
Campanian mercenaries who had been emplo**** by Agathocles,...
- commander, they
coveted the
riches of the city. They were
inspired by the
Mamertines,
mercenaries who had been
placed to
garrison the city of
Messana (in Sicily...
-
ferry a
Roman force. In 289 BC a
group of
Italian mercenaries known as
Mamertines,
previously hired by Syracuse,
occupied the city of
Messana (modern Messina)...
- to the
start of the
First Punic War (264 to 241 BC). In 265 BCE, the
Mamertines who were
occupying Messana were
being threatened by
Hiero II of Syracuse...
