The siege of Motya took place in summer 398 BC in western Sicily. Dionysius, after securing peace with Carthage in 405 BC, had steadily increased his military power and had tightened his grip on Syracuse. He had fortified Syracuse against sieges and had created a large army of mercenaries and a large fleet, in addition to employing the catapult and quinqueremes for the first time in history. In 398 BC, he attacked and sacked the Phoenician city of Motya despite the Carthaginian relief effort led by Himilco. Carthage also lost most of her territorial gains secured in 405 BC after Dionysius declared war on Carthage in 398 BC.
The siegeofMotya took place in summer 398 BC in western Sicily. Dionysius, after securing peace with Carthage in 405 BC, had steadily increased his military...
Motya was an ancient and powerful city on San Pantaleo Island off the west coast of Sicily, in the Stagnone Lagoon between Drepanum (modern Trapani) and...
attested by Diodorus Siculus as part of the equipment of a Greek army in 399 BC, and subsequently used at the siegeofMotya in 397 BC. The word 'catapult'...
The Motya (or Mozia) Charioteer is a marble statue dating from the ancient Greek Classical Period. It was found in October 1979 in the ancient city of Motya...
commencing the SiegeofMotya and capturing the city. Himilco responded decisively, leading an expedition which not only reclaimed Motya, but also captured...
the West of Sicily and the siegeofMotya seemed altogether to shake the power of Carthage. Dionysius in consequence laid siege to Segesta, and pressed it...
made during the siegeofMotya by Dionysius. Torsion siege engine pieces were probably invented in Macedonia, shortly before the times of Alexander III...
was used in the SiegeofMotya in 397 BC. This was a key Carthaginian stronghold in Sicily, as described in the 1st century AD by Heron of Alexandria in...
was used in the SiegeofMotya in 397 BC. This was a key Carthaginian stronghold in Sicily, as described in the 1st century AD by Heron of Alexandria in...
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is a list of massacres that have occurred in Italy and its predecessors (numbers may be approximate): they are divided by the presence of culpability...
a massacre of Carthaginians in many of these cities. Motya, with its fine harbour, is attacked and captured. Kern, Paul B. Ancient Siege Warfare. p. 178...
Carthage. The Carthaginians establish the town of Lilybaeum in Sicily to replace Motya. Dionysius II, son of Dionysius I, tyrant of Syracuse (d. 343 BC)...
The Battle of Messene took place in 397 BC in Sicily. Carthage, in retaliation for the attack on Motya by Dionysius, had sent an army under Himilco, to...
was a brother of Dionysius the Elder, tyrant of Syracuse. He is first mentioned as commanding his brother's fleet at the SiegeofMotya (397 BCE), and...
escort of 60 triremes the soldiers, supplies, and siege equipment were ferried from Africa to Motya in Sicily by 1,500 transports in the spring of 409....
they lost many siege engines to fire. The Syracusan ruler Dionysius I must have taken note of this success, for when he laid siege to Motya in 398 BC he...
nearby parts of North Africa. Within a century, we find major Phoenician settlements at Soloeis (Solunto), present day Palermo and Motya (an island near...
Expedition of 406 BC, and the raids of the exiled Syracusan general Hermocrates on Punic territory around Motya and Panormus provoked Carthage into sending...
Carthaginian stronghold ofMotya in western Sicily. Himilco responded decisively, leading an expedition that not only reclaimed Motya, but also captured Messene...
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