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- York, New York: Penguin classics. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-140-44362-2. Lendering, Jona. "Mamertines", Livius.org Jona LenderingMamertines Mamertine Coins...
- The Mamertine Prison (Italian: Carcere Mamertino), in antiquity the Tullianum, was a prison (carcer) with a dungeon (oubliette) located in the Comitium...
- attempt to capture it from the Mamertines, mercenaries from Campania who had taken it some years before. The Mamertines allied with a nearby Carthaginian...
- of Syracuse, defeated the Mamertines near Mylae on the Long**** River and besieged Messina. Carthage ****isted the Mamertines because of a long-standing...
- renew his attack on the Mamertines. They appeal to Carthage and receive the support of a Carthaginian garrison. The Mamertines also appeal to the Romans...
- Messina, and as the Mamertines have convinced the Carthaginians to withdraw, he meets with only minimal resistance. The Mamertines hand the city over to...
- expedition, and was given orders to cross to Messana." After this, the Mamertines forced the Punic garrison out of Messana and invited the Roman force into...
- to the start of the First Punic War (264 to 241 BC). In 265 BCE, the Mamertines who were occupying Messana were being threatened by Hiero II of Syracuse...
- ferry a Roman force. In 289 BC a group of Italian mercenaries known as Mamertines, previously hired by Syracuse, occupied the city of Messana (modern Messina)...
- commander, they coveted the riches of the city. They were inspired by the Mamertines, mercenaries who had been placed to garrison the city of Messana (in Sicily...