Syracuse–Carthage rivalry

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ancient war military conflict political conflict

The Syracuse–Carthage rivalry was a protracted series of military and political conflicts between the Greek city-state of Syracuse and the Phoenician city of Carthage for dominance over Sicily in the classical Mediterranean world.

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Label	Occurrences
Syracuse–Carthage rivalry canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient war ⓘ military conflict ⓘ political conflict ⓘ
cause	control of Sicilian Greek cities ⓘ control of trade routes in the central Mediterranean ⓘ struggle for hegemony over Sicily ⓘ
conflictBetween	Carthage NERFINISHED ⓘ Syracuse NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	3rd century BC ⓘ
followedBy	First Punic War NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman–Carthaginian conflicts in Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Battle of Cronium NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Himera (409 BC) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Himera (480 BC) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Crimissus NERFINISHED ⓘ First Sicilian War NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Sicilian War NERFINISHED ⓘ Sicilian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Syracuse (397–396 BC) NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Sicilian War NERFINISHED ⓘ various sieges of Carthaginian strongholds in Sicily ⓘ various sieges of Syracuse ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Classical antiquity NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion	Magna Graecia NERFINISHED ⓘ
involved	Greek colonies in Sicily ⓘ indigenous Sicilian peoples ⓘ various Italian and Greek allies ⓘ
location	Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ central Mediterranean ⓘ
mainTheater	Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCommander	Agathocles of Syracuse NERFINISHED ⓘ Dionysius I of Syracuse NERFINISHED ⓘ Dionysius II of Syracuse NERFINISHED ⓘ Hamilcar (Carthaginian general, 5th century BC) NERFINISHED ⓘ Hannibal Mago NERFINISHED ⓘ Himilco (Carthaginian general) NERFINISHED ⓘ Timoleon of Corinth NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedPoliticalSystem	Carthaginian oligarchic republic ⓘ Greek polis system ⓘ
partOf	classical Mediterranean history ⓘ history of Sicily ⓘ
precededBy	early Greek–Phoenician competition in Sicily ⓘ
primaryBelligerent	Greek city-state of Syracuse ⓘ Phoenician city of Carthage ⓘ
result	alternating dominance over western and eastern Sicily ⓘ division of Sicily into Carthaginian and Syracusan spheres of influence at various times ⓘ
startTime	5th century BC ⓘ
strategicObjective	control of Sicilian ports ⓘ monopoly over grain and trade in Sicily ⓘ

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Battle of Himera → associatedWith → Syracuse–Carthage rivalry ⓘ