. 0, Acragas or Agri-gentum from Gela in 582. The Greeks soonbecame the ruling race in the island, and re-ceived the name of Siceliotae (SiKeAiajrai) todistinguish them from the earlier Sicel towns were mostly inland: a few, ofsmall importance, on the N. coast. Their fusion,and that of the other inhabitants, with theGreeks was fairly complete before the Romanconquest, each nationality to some extent havinginfluenced the other, but Greek influence andcharacter predominating. Meantime the Car-thaginians obtained a firm
. 0, Acragas or Agri-gentum from Gela in 582. The Greeks soonbecame the ruling race in the island, and re-ceived the name of Siceliotae (SiKeAiajrai) todistinguish them from the earlier Sicel towns were mostly inland: a few, ofsmall importance, on the N. coast. Their fusion,and that of the other inhabitants, with theGreeks was fairly complete before the Romanconquest, each nationality to some extent havinginfluenced the other, but Greek influence andcharacter predominating. Meantime the Car-thaginians obtained a firm footing in first attempt was made in 480 ; but theywere defeated by Gelo of Syracuse, andobliged to retire with great loss. It is remark-able that the Asiatic nationalities, Persia andthe Phoenician Carthaginians, attacked theGreek states simultaneously at opposite quar-ters : nor is it to be supposed that this waswithout design and concert. In the periodafter this invasion occurred the Athenian expe-dition of 415 [SyracusaeJ. The second Cartha-. Coin of Sicily, third cent. head of Deraeter, -whose worship was especiallyprevalent in Sicily ; rev., Z1KEAIOTAN : Victory in aquadriga. ginian invasion, in 409, was more successfulthan the first. They took Selinus in this year,and four years afterwards (405) the powerfulcity of Agrigentum. They now became thepermanent masters of the W. part of the island,and were engaged in frequent wars with Syracuseand the other Greek cities. The struggle be-tween the Carthaginians and Greeks continued,with a few interruptions, down to the first Punicwar; at the close of which (241) the Cartha-ginians were obliged to evacuate the island, theW. part of which now passed into the hands ofthe Romans, and was made a Roman E. part still continued under the rule ofHiero of Syracuse as an ally of Rome; butafter the revolt of Syracuse in the secondPunic war, and the conquest of that city byMarcellus, the whole island was
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