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Eryx (Italy) (search for this): book 1, chapter 56
Hamilcar Barcas' Seven Years in Hercte
Next year, the eighteenth of the war, the Carthaginians
B. C. 247.
appointed Hamilcar Barcas general, and put the
management of the fleet in his hands. Occupation of Hercte by Hamilcar. He
took over the command, and started to ravage the Italian
coast. After devastating the districts of Locri, and the rest
of Bruttium, he sailed away with his whole fleet
to the coast of Panormus and seized on a place
called Hercte, which lies between Eryx and
Panormus on the coast, and is reputed the best situation in
the district for a safe and permanent camp. For it is a
mountain rising sheer on every side, standing out above the
surrounding country to a considerable height. The table-land
on its summit has a circumference of not less than a hundred
stades, within which the soil is rich in pasture and suitable for
agriculture; the sea-breezes render it healthy; and it is entirely
free from all dangerous animals. On the side which looks towards the sea, as well
Cumae (Italy) (search for this): book 1, chapter 56
Drepana (search for this): book 1, chapter 56
Panormus (Turkey) (search for this): book 1, chapter 56
Locri (Italy) (search for this): book 1, chapter 56
Hamilcar Barcas' Seven Years in Hercte
Next year, the eighteenth of the war, the Carthaginians
B. C. 247.
appointed Hamilcar Barcas general, and put the
management of the fleet in his hands. Occupation of Hercte by Hamilcar. He
took over the command, and started to ravage the Italian
coast. After devastating the districts of Locri, and the rest
of Bruttium, he sailed away with his whole fleet
to the coast of Panormus and seized on a place
called Hercte, which lies between Eryx and
Panormus on the coast, and is reputed the best situation in
the district for a safe and permanent camp. For it is a
mountain rising sheer on every side, standing out above the
surrounding country to a considerable height. The table-land
on its summit has a circumference of not less than a hundred
stades, within which the soil is rich in pasture and suitable for
agriculture; the sea-breezes render it healthy; and it is entirely
free from all dangerous animals. On the side which looks towards the sea, as well
Lilybaeum (Italy) (search for this): book 1, chapter 56
Italy (Italy) (search for this): book 1, chapter 56
Bruttium (Italy) (search for this): book 1, chapter 56
Hamilcar Barcas' Seven Years in Hercte
Next year, the eighteenth of the war, the Carthaginians
B. C. 247.
appointed Hamilcar Barcas general, and put the
management of the fleet in his hands. Occupation of Hercte by Hamilcar. He
took over the command, and started to ravage the Italian
coast. After devastating the districts of Locri, and the rest
of Bruttium, he sailed away with his whole fleet
to the coast of Panormus and seized on a place
called Hercte, which lies between Eryx and
Panormus on the coast, and is reputed the best situation in
the district for a safe and permanent camp. For it is a
mountain rising sheer on every side, standing out above the
surrounding country to a considerable height. The table-land
on its summit has a circumference of not less than a hundred
stades, within which the soil is rich in pasture and suitable for
agriculture; the sea-breezes render it healthy; and it is entirely
free from all dangerous animals. On the side which looks towards the sea, as well
244 BC (search for this): book 1, chapter 56
247 BC (search for this): book 1, chapter 56
Hamilcar Barcas' Seven Years in Hercte
Next year, the eighteenth of the war, the Carthaginians
B. C. 247.
appointed Hamilcar Barcas general, and put the
management of the fleet in his hands. Occupation of Hercte by Hamilcar. He
took over the command, and started to ravage the Italian
coast. After devastating the districts of Locri, and the rest
of Bruttium, he sailed away with his whole fleet
to the coast of Panormus and seized on a place
called Hercte, which lies between Eryx and
Panormus on the coast, and is reputed the best situation in
the district for a safe and permanent camp. For it is a
mountain rising sheer on every side, standing out above the
surrounding country to a considerable height. The table-land
on its summit has a circumference of not less than a hundred
stades, within which the soil is rich in pasture and suitable for
agriculture; the sea-breezes render it healthy; and it is entirely
free from all dangerous animals. On the side which looks towards the sea, as well