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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The Roman Republic - Vol. 1
Book by W. E. Heitland; Cambridge University Press, 1909
Subjects: Rome--History--Republic, 510-30 B.C
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The Geography of Strabo - Vol. 3
Book by Horace Leonard Jones; W. Heinemann, 1917
Subjects: Classical Geography
...footnote 4 on page 39. Crete, and, third, Lilybaeum, the cape that is next to Libya, thus...the third, the one that reaches from Lilybaeum to Pelorias, is convex; and this last...Of the other two sides, the one from Lilybaeum to Pachynus is longer than the other...
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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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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
...B. C. 149. Polyblus sent for to Lilybaeum. ____________________ 1 35...Manilius and Censorinus, who had sailed to Lilybaeum with secret orders to let no concession...spoke their language. 2 He started for Lilybaeum at once. But when he reached Corcyra...
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The Second Punic War: Being Chapters of the History of Rome by the Late Thomas Arnold ..
Book by Thomas Arnold, William T. Arnold; Macmillan, 1886
Subjects: Punic War, 2nd, 218-201 B.C
...160 quinqueremes, was to cross over to Lilybaeum, and from thence, if circumstances favoured...action with the enemy in order to defend Lilybaeum. 3 He had defeated them and prevented...the coast of Italy. On his return to Lilybaeum, he was going in pursuit of them, when...
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journal articles on: Lilybaeum  - 3 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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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 strata...
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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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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 Carthage...
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Marsala
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...177), 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 withdrawal...
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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 as...
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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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