Mamertines
Ancient warrior/mercenaries of south Italy
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Mamertines
Ancient warrior/mercenaries of south Italy
The Mamertines (Latin: Mamertini, "sons of Mars", Greek: Μαμερτίνοι) were Greek mercenaries of Italic origin who had been hired from their home in Campania by Agathocles (361–289 BC), Tyrant of Syracuse and self-proclaimed King of Sicily. After Syracuse lost the Seventh Sicilian War, the Greek city of Messina was ceded to Carthage in 307 BC.
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The Mamertines (Latin: Mamertini, "sons of Mars", Greek: Μαμερτίνοι) were Greek mercenaries of Italic origin who had been hired from their home in Campania by Agathocles (361–289 BC), Tyrant of Syracuse and self-proclaimed King of Sicily. After Syracuse lost the Seventh Sicilian War, the Greek city of Messina was ceded to Carthage in 307 BC. When Agathocles died in 289 BC it left many of his mercenaries idle and unemployed in Sicily. Most of them returned home but some, liking the climate and the prospect of adventure on a foreign island, remained. They played a major role in the lead-up to the First Punic War. In 280 BC, the Syracusans appealed to King Pyrrhus of Epirus for help against the Mamertines.
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