What the records say
- When
- 446 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 37.97° N, 13.82° E
- Description
- fought near either of the two rivers called Himera on Sicily
Placed at the town its title names, Himera River.
Battle of the Himera River (446 BC)
Battle between Syracuse and Acragas
The Battle of the Himera River was fought in 446 BC between Syracuse and Acragas near the Himera river. The latter had declared war on Syracuse because their common enemy, the Sicel leader Ducetius, had returned to Sicily to colonize Cale Acte. Syracuse had exiled rather than executed Ducetius in 450 BC. Syracuse defeated Acragas and the conflict was settled with a peace treaty.
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