Definition of Messana. Meaning of Messana. Synonyms of Messana

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Messana. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Messana and, of course, Messana synonyms and on the right images related to the word Messana.

Definition of Messana

No result for Messana. Showing similar results...

Meaning of Messana from wikipedia

- with Rome. In Roman times Messina, then known as Messana, had an important pharos (lighthouse). Messana was the base of ****tus Pompeius, during his war...
- The Battle of Messana in 264 BC was the first military clash between the Roman Republic and Carthage. It marked the start of the First Punic War. In that...
- Dicaearchus of Messana (/ˌdɪkeɪˈɑːrkəs ... məˈsɑːnə/; Ancient Gr****: Δικαίαρχος Dikaiarkhos; c. 370/350 – c. post 323 BC), also written Dikaiarchos (/ˈdɪkaɪɑːrk/)...
- Punic War (264 to 241 BC). In 265 BCE, the Mamertines who were occupying Messana were being threatened by Hiero II of Syracuse. Consequently, they sent...
- citizens, while smaller ones like Himera and Messana mustered between 5,000 and 6,000 soldiers. Messana had mobilized 30 triremes against Syracuse in...
- Messana O'Rorke is an American architecture and interior design firm that was founded in 1996 in New York City. It has won a number of design awards for...
- islands in the Mediterranean, control of Messana could lead to the conquest of Sicily. Additionally, Messana was an excellent staging area if the Carthaginians...
- over possession of Sicily. In 265 BC, Hiero II of Syracuse had attacked Messana (modern Messina) in an attempt to capture it from the Mamertines, mercenaries...
- by Agathocles, the former tyrant of Syracuse, capture the stronghold of Messana (Messina in north-eastern Sicily), from which they har**** the Syracusans...
- Erymanthos). John Bennet expressed the opinion that by Mezana is meant Messana, a Mycenaean Gr**** form of Messene. He supposed that the region around...