Battle of Himera

When

480 BCE

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

37.97° N, 13.81° E

Description

decisive Greek victory in 480 BCE

Battle of the Sicilian Wars

The Battle of Himera, supposedly fought on the same day as the Battle of Salamis, or at the same time as the Battle of Thermopylae, saw the Greek forces of Gelon, King of Syracuse, and Theron, tyrant of Agrigentum, defeat the Carthaginian force of Hamilcar the Magonid, ending a Carthaginian bid to restore the deposed tyrant of Himera.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Greek city of Himera in Sicily, in its quarrel with Akragas, enlists Carthaginian support”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Fin de l'été : victoire de Gélon, tyran de Syracuse et de Théron d'Agrigente sur les Carthaginois commandés par Hamilcar à la bataille d'Himère en Sicile”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Вторжение карфагенян генерала Гамилькара и этрусков в Сицилию”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Hímera en Sicilia: los siracusanos vencen a los cartagineses en la ciudad griega de Hímera”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “حرب صقلية أولى”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ヒメラの戦いでシュラクサイの僭主ゲロンがカルタゴを破る。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• First Sicilian War480 BCE · War