|  The
images below are the photograph of General Hanibal Barca, from both sides
of the coins used in Carthage during his lifetime. The elephant is on
one side and he is on the other side.
499--Romans
overthrow Latins at Battle of Lake Regillius.
498--Hippocrates becomes tyrant dictator at Gela, on the south coast of
Sicily.
494--Plebs return to Rome after first "Secession of the Plebs".
They have been at the "Mount of Curses" (Mons Sacer) and are
coaxed into returning to Rome by being acknowledged as essential to Rome.
492--Troops under Hippocrates defeat Syracuse at the Helorus river.
491--Gelon becomes the new tyrant of Syracuse. He lasts for more than
12 years until 478.
 480--The
Carthaginian, Hamilcar, suffers terrible defeat in war against Gelon.
478--Hieron I takes over in Syracuse upon the death of Gelon.
405--Peace treaty between Carthage and Syracuse is signed after Carthaginian
troops are ravaged by plague and cannot conquer Syracuse. Reign of Dionysius
I begins.
403--Dionysius becomes absolute ruler of Syracuse.
397--Motya, an important Phoenician/Carthaginian trading post on a small
island just off the northwestern coast of Sicily is destroyed.
383--The third of the Carthaginian wars on Sicily breaks out, but this
time the battle includes the land in the south of Italy which Dionysius
had brought under his control.
378--A wall is constructed around Rome, 10 kilometres in length. The wall
is now called the Servian wall.
264--Rome begins first war against Carthage at Messina. This event is
what is called the First Punic War. It is also the beginning of a struggle
which will last until Rome finally buries Carthage in the North African
soil, so that Punic Carthage can never again populate the earth. This
year is the beginning, but the struggle will last 118 bitter years .
260--Rome achieves first naval victory over Carthaginians at Mylae on
west coast of Sicily.
250--Carthaginians again destroy Selinunte.
226--Rome
draws a boundary line in Spain between Carthaginian territory and Roman
territory. The agreement is called the Ebro River treaty, made between
Hasdrubal, for Carthage, & Rome.
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