12 events with tag "Sicily"
480 BC
ID: 272
Battle of Himera - Greeks defeat Carthaginians in Sicily on same day as Salamis (tradition)
ID: 272
413 BC
ID: 251
Sicilian Expedition ends in disaster - entire Athenian force destroyed, 40,000 men lost
ID: 251
310 BC
ID: 315
Agathocles invades Africa - Syracuse tyrant brings war to Carthage itself, new strategic thinking
ID: 315
264 BC
ID: 2660
First Punic War begins - Rome vs Carthage over Sicily, Romans forced to become naval power
ID: 2660
241 BC
ID: 2662
First Punic War ends - Carthage pays huge indemnity, Sicily becomes first Roman province
ID: 2662
210 BC
ID: 5355
Romans capture Syracuse silver mines - Sicily becomes major silver source after conquest, funds continued war effort
ID: 5355
36 BC
ID: 2713
Battle of Naulochus - Agrippa defeats Sextus Pompey, Lepidus tries coup, stripped of power, triumvirate becomes duumvirate
ID: 2713
303
ID: 4152
St. Vitus martyred at age 12 - Sicilian boy tortured with his tutor and nurse, thrown to lions who refused to attack, boiled in oil
ID: 4152
1220
ID: 5290
Sicilian School founded - Emperor Frederick II, influenced by troubadours, creates first Italian vernacular poetry school
ID: 5290
1254
ID: 2399
Henry III accepts Sicilian crown for son Edmund - ruinous papal scheme costs 135,000 marks, triggers constitutional crisis
ID: 2399
1282
ID: 52
March 30, 1282
Sicilian Vespers - massacre of French, Sicily passes to Aragon
ID: 52
1906
ID: 1160
Lucky Luciano arrives in America from Sicily
ID: 1160