03-25-2007, 08:37 PM
480 BC
Attack of Carthage , Battle of Imera.
The Carthaginians led by Amilkas 300,000 troops and 500 ships attack Sicily
.The Greeks of Sicily and the Akragantinians muster 50,000 footmen and 5000 horsemen. In the following conflict Amilkas is killed 150,000 of his troops and all ships are either destroyed or captured by the greeks. Diodoros states that the battle of Imera took place the same day as the battle of Thermopylae(meaning the last day) while Herodotus the sea fight at Salamis.
Imera means day (hmera)
Attack of Carthage , Battle of Imera.
The Carthaginians led by Amilkas 300,000 troops and 500 ships attack Sicily
.The Greeks of Sicily and the Akragantinians muster 50,000 footmen and 5000 horsemen. In the following conflict Amilkas is killed 150,000 of his troops and all ships are either destroyed or captured by the greeks. Diodoros states that the battle of Imera took place the same day as the battle of Thermopylae(meaning the last day) while Herodotus the sea fight at Salamis.
Imera means day (hmera)
Themistoklis papadopoulos
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