Sicily : Phoenician, Greek, And Roman . MESSANA. C. 420 history. We hear only that about the year 439, orperhaps somewhat later, Syracuse began to make greatpreparations for something. She built a fleet; shedoubled the number of her horsemen ; she wasthought to be aiming at the dominion of all more is told us ; but it is plain that wehave here the beginning of the story which we shallhave to tell in our next chapter. The Chalkidiansof Sicily and Italy were thoroughly frightened, and GREAT PREPARATIONS OF SYRACUSE. 103 they began to seek for allies in Old Greece. Tillthis ti
Sicily : Phoenician, Greek, And Roman . MESSANA. C. 420 history. We hear only that about the year 439, orperhaps somewhat later, Syracuse began to make greatpreparations for something. She built a fleet; shedoubled the number of her horsemen ; she wasthought to be aiming at the dominion of all more is told us ; but it is plain that wehave here the beginning of the story which we shallhave to tell in our next chapter. The Chalkidiansof Sicily and Italy were thoroughly frightened, and GREAT PREPARATIONS OF SYRACUSE. 103 they began to seek for allies in Old Greece. Tillthis time Sicily has been pretty well a world of itsown, and for the last generation a very prosperousworld. The Greek cities were free and failure of the plans of Ducetius showed whatwas the destiny of the native races, Carthage keptquiet. She was no doubt only biding her time, and,before her time came, we have to tell what happenedwhen Sicily became mixed up in the wars of OldGreece, and when the destiny of the greatest powe
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