LILYBAEUM

lĭlĭbēˈəm, ancient city of Sicily, on the extreme western coast. It is the modern Marsala. It was founded (396 b.c.) by Carthage and became a stronghold. In the First Punic War it resisted a long Roman siege (250–242 b.c.). Rome finally won (241 b.c.) the city and used it as a base for the African campaign of Scipio Africanus Major. The city was famous for its harbor.

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A History of Rome to the Battle of Actium
Book by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh; Macmillan, 1912
Subjects: Rome--History--Republic, 510-30 B.C
...Hercte, and other towns-- Besieges Lilybaeum un successfully--Recalled to...remove the people of Selinus to Lilybaeum 251 . FOURTH PERIOD 250-241...Romans again build a fleet andinvest LILYBAEUM 250 --Great defeat of Claudius...
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A History of the Roman World from 753 to 146 B. C
Book by Howard H. Scullard; Methuen, 1961
Subjects: Rome--History--Kings, 753-510 B.C, Rome--History--Republic, 510-30 B.C
...attempt to burn the Roman siege-works, Lilybaeum withstood the blockade; the Roman supplies...secured the continuance of the siege. Lilybaeum did not fall till eight years later...inefficiency of the naval blockade at Lilybaeum, resolved to attack the Punic fleet...
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The Geography of Strabo - Vol. 3
Book by Horace Leonard Jones; W. Heinemann, 1917
Subjects: Classical Geography
Crete, and, third, Lilybaeum, the cape that is next to Libya...third, the one that reaches from Lilybaeum to Pelorias, is convex; and this...the other two sides, the one from Lilybaeum to Pachynus is longer than the other...
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The Greatness and Decline of Rome - Vol. 4
Book by Guglielmo Ferrero, H. J. Chaytor; G. P. Putnams Sons, 1909
Subjects: Rome--History
...July 4 when he attempted to disembark at Lilybaeum Marsala he found himself unsupported...on the coast and had left a legion at Lilybaeum. The main body of his troops was concentrated...driving back the legion stationed at Lilybaeum. However, immediately after his disembarkation...
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The Histories of Polybius - Vol. 1
Book by Evelyn S. Shuckburgh, Polybius; Macmillan, 1889
Subjects: Greece--History, History, Ancient, Rome--History--Republic, 510-30 B.C
...about one hundred and twenty stades from Lilybaeum, and was always an object of special...anxious to learn the state of affairs at Lilybaeum, but could not do so because the garrison...blockade, to see what was going on in Lilybaeum with his own eyes, and to report. The...
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journal articles on: Lilybaeum  - 4 results

 
 
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Amalasuntha, Procopius, and a Woman's Place
Journal article by A. Daniel Frankforter; Journal of Women's History, Vol. 8, 1996
Subjects: Women--History
...general, Belisarius, advanced on the Vandal capital at Carthage, and the Goths seized the port of Lilybaeum in western Sicily. Since Lilybaeum was a Gothic property that had been ceded to the Vandals as dowry for Amalasunthas murdered aunt...
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The Narrator as "he," "me," and "we": Grammatical Person in Ancient Histories and in the Acts of the Apostles
Journal article by William Sanger Campbell; Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 129, 2010
Subjects: Proposals
...in detail. The first passage tells of Polybiuss summons to Lilybaeum (36.11.1-4). The chapter begins with a third person...would do well to send Polybius the Megalopolitan with haste to Lilybaeum, as there was need of him for affairs of state, the Achaeans...
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The First Punic War
Journal article by Phyllis Culham; The Historian, Vol. 61, 1999
Subjects: Books--Reviews, The First Punic War (Book)--Reviews
...initially strategically defensive in purpose. He supplies not only useful maps but also new, incisive observations on Ecnomus, Lilybaeum, and Drepana. He makes as serious an effort as can reasonably be made to recover Carthaginian thinking and persuades this...
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Deconstructing the Classical Age: Africa and the Unity of the Mediterranean World
Journal article by Maghan Keita; The Journal of Negro History, Vol. 79, 1994
Subjects: African literature--History, Classical literature--Social aspects, Racism--Analysis
...were called upon to serve in native regiments. There were Gallic specialists . . . whose knowledge led to the failure of the Lilybaeum plot. Others studied the Libyans, the Iberians, or the Ligurians.(46) The implication here is that within the military...


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encyclopedia articles on: Lilybaeum  - 5 results

 
 
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Lilybaeum
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LILYBAEUM lilibe m, ancient city of Sicily, on the extreme western coast. It is the modern Marsala . It was founded (396 b.c.) by...
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Punic Wars
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...but were effectively blocked farther west by the brilliant guerrilla warfare of Hamilcar Barca , and they failed to take Lilybaeum, the chief Punic base. The Romans equipped a new fleet that destroyed (241) the Punic fleet off the Aegates (now Aegadian...
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Sicily
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Sicani, and Siculi. Phoenicians later settled on the west coast, notably at Panormus (now Palermo); Carthaginians founded Lilybaeum and Drepanum (now Trapani ); and on the east and southeast coasts Greeks founded (8th 6th cent. b.c.) such cities...
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Marsala
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...W Sicily, Italy, a port on the Mediterranean Sea, located on Cape Boeo. It is noted for its sweet wine. The ancient Lilybaeum , it was later renamed Marsah al Allah port of God by the Arabs. In 1860, Garibaldi landed there at the start of his successful...
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Hamilcar Barca
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...see Punic Wars ). From mountain bases near Palermo he made repeated raids on the Romans and relieved the Punic garrison in Lilybaeum. However, the Carthaginians were defeated, and Hamilcar Barca negotiated the terms of the peace that led to Carthage s...


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