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Hermocrates
Hermocrates (†407 BCE): Syracusan democratic politician who played an important role in the Peloponnesian War. Sicily in Antiquity Hermocrates, the son of…Hernici
Hernici: ancient people, living in the valley of the Tolerus River. They appear to have been an ally and later an enemy of archaic Rome. …Herodotus on Dorieus
Sixth-century warriors The Greek researcher Herodotus of Halicarnassus (c.480 - c.425) is the author of the entertaining Histories, in which he…Himera (480 BCE)
Battle of Himera (480 BCE): decisive Syracusan victory over the Carthaginians, which secured Syracuse's hegemonial position in the fifth century. View of…
![]() Himera, Victory temple |
![]() Himera, Victory temple, Lion-shaped sima's |
![]() Himera, View of the battlefield |