. e find Himeragoverned by a tyrant, Terillus, who was expelledby Theron of Agrigentum. Terillus thereuponapplied for assistance to the Carthaginians,who, anxious to extend their influence in Sicily,sent a powerful army into Sicily under the jcommand of Hamilcar. The Carthaginians Iwere defeated with great slaughter at Himeraby the united forces of Theron and Gelo ofSyracuse on the same day as the battle ofSalamis was fought, 480. (Pind. Pyth. i. 152;Hdt. vii. 166 ; Diod. xi. 20.) Himera was nowgoverned by Thrasydaeus, the son of The
. e find Himeragoverned by a tyrant, Terillus, who was expelledby Theron of Agrigentum. Terillus thereuponapplied for assistance to the Carthaginians,who, anxious to extend their influence in Sicily,sent a powerful army into Sicily under the jcommand of Hamilcar. The Carthaginians Iwere defeated with great slaughter at Himeraby the united forces of Theron and Gelo ofSyracuse on the same day as the battle ofSalamis was fought, 480. (Pind. Pyth. i. 152;Hdt. vii. 166 ; Diod. xi. 20.) Himera was nowgoverned by Thrasydaeus, the son of Theron,in the name of his father; but the inhabitantshaving attempted to revolt, Theron put todeath or drove into exile a considerable part ofthe population, and repeopled the city withsettlers from all quarters, but especially of JDorian origin (Diod. xi. 48). After the deathof Theron (472), Himera recovered its indepen- :deuce, and for the next sixty years was one ofthe most flourishing cities in Sicily. It assistedSyracuse against the Athenians in 415 ( Coin of Himera (about 4o0 )Obv., Nymph Himera sacrificing at altar : above her, agrain of corn; behind her. Silenus bathing at a foun-tain; rev., IMEPAION; chariot, with Nike crowning thecharioteer. vi. 62). In 409 it was taken by Hannibal, theson of Gisgo, who, to revenge the great defeatwhich the Carthaginians had suffered beforethis town, levelled it to the ground and de-stroyed almost all the inhabitants (Diod. ; Xen. Sell. i. 1, 37). Himera was neverrebuilt; but on the opposite bank of the riverHimera, the Carthaginians founded a newtown, which, from a warm medicinal spring inits neighbourhood, was called Thermae (©ep^ai:Qepfxlrris, Thennitanus : Termini). Here theremains of the unfortunate inhabitants ofHimera were allowed to settle. The Romans,who highly prized the warm springs ofThermae, permitted the town to retain its ownconstitution ; and Augustus made it a colony.(Cic. Verr. ii. 37, 46, 75.)—The p
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