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Location

  • Italy, Buonfornello
  • geo:37.96423,13.825282

Period or year

  • -480 / unknown

Classification

  • event
  • Visible

Identifiers

Battle of Himera (480 BC)

data access 18753

Decisive Syracusan victory over the Carthaginians, which secured Syracuse's hegemonial position in the fifth century.

Nearby sites

  • Himera
    Himera
    Italy, Buonfornello
  • Buonfornello
    Buonfornello - pleiades #462119
    Italy, Buonfornello
  • Temple, Himera
    Himera, Temple of Nike - Victory.
    Italy, Buonfornello
  • Necropolis
    Himera - South necropolis
    Italy, Buonfornello

Use and reuse

Creators: Entry created by Jona Lendering (2014-06-18) , with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/18753
Data downloads: KML, RDF
Suggested citation: Lendering, J. , Battle of Himera (480 BC). https://vici.org/vici/18753, accessed 2026-11-14.