258 BC

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Year of the Water Hare癸卯( at the beginning of the year Water Tiger壬寅)

Syria: 54/55 ( year October )

Events

  • In the First Punic War, the Romans succeed under consul Gaius Sulpicius Paterculus at the Battle of sulci (southwest Sardinia), a smaller naval victory over the Carthaginians.
  • The Romans draw on Sicily the Carthaginians at Himera Panormus and conquer, Camarina, Enna and other Sicilian cities.

Died

  • Gisco Hannibal, Carthaginian military leader
  • Year ( 3rd century BC)
  • 258 BC
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