Terillos from Himera

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Terillos was a tyrant of the Greek city of Himera in Sicily in the 5th century BC. Chr.

When he was in 483 BC Was driven out of Himera by Theron , the tyrant of Akragas , he called the Carthaginians for help. They then equipped a large armed force, landed in 480 BC. In Panormos and marched under the leadership of Hamilcar , the sufete of Carthage, and Terillos against Himera, where they suffered a crushing defeat in the battle of Himera .

literature

  • Moses I. Finley , Denis Mack Smith, Christopher Duggan: History of Sicily and the Sicilians. 2nd revised and bibliographically revised edition. Verlag CH Beck, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-406-42056-7 ( Beck'sche series 1256).
personal data
SURNAME Terillos from Himera
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Tyrant of Himera
DATE OF BIRTH before 483 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH after 480 BC Chr.