-
defeat of the
Sicels at the
Battle of
Nomae in 450 BC and the
death of
Sicel leader Ducetius in 440 BC, the
Sicel state broke down and the
Sicel culture merged...
-
Siculian (or
Sicel) is an
extinct Indo-European
language spoken in
central and
eastern Sicily by the
Sicels. It is
attested in
fewer than
thirty inscriptions...
- (Ancient Gr****: Δουκέτιος) (died 440 BCE) was a ****enized
leader of the
Sicels and
founder of a
united Sicilian state and
numerous cities. It is thought...
- Gr**** colonization. The
Sicani dwelt east of the
Elymians and west of the
Sicels, having,
according to
Diodorus Siculus, the
boundary with the last in the...
-
united Sicel army
under the
command of
Ducetius and a Gr**** army of Syracuse.
Ducetius was
defeated and his
Sicel state broke up soon after. The
Sicels were...
- likely, but not certainly, a
sister group to ****enic.
Sicel: an
ancient language spoken by the
Sicels (Gr**** Sikeloi,
Latin Siculi), one of the
three indigenous...
- most
populous island in the
Mediterranean Sea.
Sicily is
named after the
Sicels, who
inhabited the
eastern part of the
island during the Iron Age. Sicily...
- the area was in fact
inhabited since the
Neolithic Age; also
traces of
Sicel presence have been found. Later, even
during the
highest splendour of Locri...
-
Dionysius I,
tyrant of Syracuse, who was
aided by Agyris,
tyrant of the
Sicel city of Agyrium. Mago had been
defeated by
Dionysius at
Abacaenum in 393...
-
never penetrated far inland. They had
traded with the Elymians,
Sicani and
Sicels and had
ultimately withdrawn without resistance to Motya,
Panormus and Soluntum...
