The Longanus (also Longanos or Loitanus) River was a river in north-eastern
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First Punic War — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=First Punic War partof=the Punic Wars caption= date=264 ndash; 241 BC casus= dispute between Carthage and Rome over the Mamertine city Messana place=Mediterranean Sea, Sicily, Sardinia, North Africa… … Wikipedia
Messina — This article is about the city in Sicily, Italy. For the city in South Africa, see Musina. For other uses, see Messina (disambiguation). Messina Comune Comune di Messina … Wikipedia
269 BC — NOTOC EventsBy placeicily* The Mamertines, a body of Campanian mercenaries who have been employed by Agathocles, the former tyrant of Syracuse, capture the stronghold of Messana (Messina in north eastern Sicily), from which they harass the… … Wikipedia
Mamertines — The Mamertines (Mamertini sons of Mars ) were mercenaries of Italian origin who had been hired from their home in Campania by Agathocles, the king of Syracuse. After Syracuse lost the Third Sicilian War, the city of Messana was ceded to Carthage… … Wikipedia
Mamertini — ▪ Italian mercenaries English Mamertines band of mercenaries from Campania, in Italy, who, by a shift in alliances, touched off the First Punic War (Punic War, First) between Rome and Carthage (264–241 BC). Their name was derived from… … Universalium
