105 Carthage Enters the War

The History of Ancient Greece

Ryan Stitt

History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 24 August 2020

⏱️ 84 minutes

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In this episode, we discuss the Second Greco-Punic War (410-406 BC), as hostilities in Sicily draw in Carthage and the Syracusan fleet away from the eastern Aegean and the Hellespont, including Hannibal Mago's first invasion of Sicily and the destruction of Selinus and Himera, the rebellion of Hermocrates, the rise of Dionysius as tyrant of Syracuse, Hannibal Mago's second invasion of Sicily and his destruction of Akragas, and the ceasefire which would see Carthage and Syracuse as the two strongest powers on Sicily

Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2020/08/105-carthage-enters-war.html

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0:00.0	Hello, my name is Alexander Goodman and I am the host of the Antiquity in
0:03.9	question podcast. Like the Greek History Podcast, we discuss topics such as
0:08.8	Classical Greece, the Hellenistic Period, the Carthaginian world, the Roman Empire and more archaeological
0:15.4	topics such as Egypt.
0:17.4	We published two episodes a month and tackle questions like whether Constantine really was a
0:22.2	Christian Emperor, or was the fall of the Rome Republic inevitable
0:25.8	and also what was the cause of the Punic Wars if any of these topics interest you give us a listen
0:32.4	You can find us on most
0:33.9	podcast insights and also on YouTube. Oh, So, And the Hello, I'm Ryan Stitt, and welcome back to the history of ancient Greece.
1:18.8	Episode 105, Carthage enters the war.
1:23.6	Following the Battle of Sizikis and the restoration of the Athenian Democracy, from 410 to
1:28.3	409 BC, a hodge-podge of military and political maneuverings achieved more losses than gains for both
1:35.4	Athens and Sparta. The Athenians in particular lost control the Megarian port of Nissi and their
1:45.0	port of Nissi I and their Messenian Ford of Pylos. And a civil war on Corsaira removed their greatest ally, the Corserians, entirely from the war.
1:50.0	On the other hand, although the Spartans recovered Pyloss from the Athenians, they suffered losses at their colony of Heraclia and Trachis, when a local raid killed their governor, and on the island of Thasosos which saw the expulsion of its pro-Spartan oligarchy and its
2:06.4	garrison. But even still possibly the greatest damage to the Spartan cause
2:11.9	was the reentry of Carthage into Sicilian affairs after a 70-year
2:17.2	sabbatical.
2:18.9	This would force the Syracusans to withdraw their fleet from the Aegean Helaspont, an action which deprived the Spartans of their
2:26.0	ablest, most daring, and most determined naval allies.
2:30.3	As we discussed in episode 99, the Dorian Greek city state of Selenus and the Alemian city of Segesta shared a long history of conflict. They both were located in Western Sicily, close to the
2:46.0	Punic cities of Machia, soulless, and Pynormous, which although politically independent of Carthage,
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