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Enna, repeatedly mentioned in the First Punic …
Years: 214BCE - 214BCE
Enna, repeatedly mentioned in the First Punic War, had been taken first by the Carthaginians under Hamilcar, and subsequently recaptured by the Romans, but in both instances by treachery and not by force.
In the Second Punic War, while Marcellus is engaged in the siege of Syracuse, the defection of several Sicilian towns from Rome has alarmed Pinarius, the governor of Enna.
Lest his citizens should follow their example; and in order to forestall the apprehended treachery, he with the Roman garrison falls upon the citizens when assembled in the theater, and puts them all to the sword without distinction, after which he gives up the city to be plundered by his soldiers.
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- Sicily, classical
- Carthage, Kingdom of
- Syracuse, Corinthian city-state of
- Gauls
- Roman Republic
- Greeks, Hellenistic
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- Iron Age Europe
- Classical antiquity
- Punic War, Second (Hannibalic War)
- Syracuse, Siege of
- Roman Age Optimum
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Years: 214BCE - 214BCE
Locations
People
Groups
- Sicily, classical
- Carthage, Kingdom of
- Syracuse, Corinthian city-state of
- Gauls
- Roman Republic
- Greeks, Hellenistic
Topics
- Iron Age Europe
- Classical antiquity
- Punic War, Second (Hannibalic War)
- Syracuse, Siege of
- Roman Age Optimum
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions