Anaxilas of Rhegium

Anaxilas of Rhegium

Anaxilas was tyrant of Rhegium, in the southwestern tip of Italy, from 474 BC - 476 BC. He seized Zancle after Hippocrates' death and renamed it to Messana. After allying with Carthage he made peace with Gelon and his daughter married Hieron I.

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