Regional409 BCE

Battle of Himera

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Italy

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Himera (409 BCE), part of the Carthaginian-Syracusan Wars. Carthage defeated Syracuse. Battle followed by a massacre.

Belligerents2

Carthage
Syracuse

ON THE MAPCarthaginian Empire

Conflict graph

PART OFSicilian Wars (Greek–Punic)

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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