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Longanus

River in Italy

The Longanus (also Longanos or Loitanus) was a river in north-eastern Sicily on the Mylaean plain. As recorded by Polybius, it was where the Mamertines

Longanus

Snake

Limbless, scaly, elongate reptile

Snakes composing a bronze kerykeion from the mythical Longanus river in Sicily

Snake

Hiero II of Syracuse

King of Syracuse (r. c. 271 – 216)

them. They were finally defeated in a pitched battle near Mylae along the Longanus river by Hiero, who was only prevented from capturing Messina by Carthaginian

Hiero II of Syracuse

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Mamertines

Ancient mercenaries of south Italy

Leading his confident army north, he found the Mamertines again at the Longanus River on the plain of Mylae, where he easily defeated them and proclaimed

Mamertines

Messina

Comune in Sicily, Italy

Hiero II, tyrant of Syracuse, defeated the Mamertines near Mylae on the Longanus River and besieged Messina. Carthage assisted the Mamertines because of

Messina

Theocritus

3rd-century BC Greek poet

Hiero's marriage to Phulistis, his victory over the Mamertines at the Longanus and his election as "King", events which are ascribed to 270, had not yet

Theocritus

Battle of Agrigentum

262 BC naval battle between Carthage and Rome

between 268 and 265, Hiero II decisively defeated the Mamertines at the Longanus River, which caused the Mamertines to appeal to Carthage and Rome, the

Battle of Agrigentum

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269 BC

Calendar year

Syracusan military leader, Hieron, defeats them in a pitched battle at the Longanus River near Mylae, but Carthaginian forces intervene to prevent him from

269 BC

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Fondachelli-Fantina

Comune in Sicily, Italy

982 ft) above sea level, around the bed of the Patrì river, the mythical Longanus river of the ancient times that arises in the valley. The community borders

Fondachelli-Fantina

260s BC

Decade

Syracusan military leader, Hieron, defeats them in a pitched battle at the Longanus River near Mylae, but Carthaginian forces intervene to prevent him from

260s BC

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