Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE TO VOL. X.
- Contents
- CHAPTER LXXVI From the Peace of Antalkidas down to the Subjugation of Olynthus by Sparta
- CHAPTER LXXVII From the Subjugation of Olynthus by the Lacedæmonians down to the Congress at Sparta, and Partial Peace, in 371 B.C.
- CHAPTER LXXVIII Battle of Leuktra and its consequences
- CHAPTER LXXIX From the Foundation of Messene and Megalopolis to the Death of Pelopidas
- CHAPTER LXXX From the Death of Pelopidas to the Battle of Mantines
- CHAPTER LXXXI Sicilian Affairs after the Destruction of the Athenian Armament before Syracuse
- CHAPTER LXXXII Sicily during the Despotism of the Elder Dionysius at Syracuse
- MAPS ANNEXED TO VOL. X.
CHAPTER LXXXII - Sicily during the Despotism of the Elder Dionysius at Syracuse
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2010
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE TO VOL. X.
- Contents
- CHAPTER LXXVI From the Peace of Antalkidas down to the Subjugation of Olynthus by Sparta
- CHAPTER LXXVII From the Subjugation of Olynthus by the Lacedæmonians down to the Congress at Sparta, and Partial Peace, in 371 B.C.
- CHAPTER LXXVIII Battle of Leuktra and its consequences
- CHAPTER LXXIX From the Foundation of Messene and Megalopolis to the Death of Pelopidas
- CHAPTER LXXX From the Death of Pelopidas to the Battle of Mantines
- CHAPTER LXXXI Sicilian Affairs after the Destruction of the Athenian Armament before Syracuse
- CHAPTER LXXXII Sicily during the Despotism of the Elder Dionysius at Syracuse
- MAPS ANNEXED TO VOL. X.
Summary
Imilkon with the Carthaginian army marches from Agrigentum to attack Gela
The proceedings, recounted at the close of my last chapter, whereby Dionysius erected his despotism, can hardly have occupied less than three months; coinciding nearly with the first months of 405 b.c., inasmuch as Agrigentum was taken about the winter solstice of 406 b.c. He wras not molested during this period by the Carthaginians, who were kept inactive in quarters at Agrigentum, to repose after the hardships of the blockade; employed in despoiling the city of its moveable ornaments, for transmission to Carthage, and in burning or defacing, with barbarous antipathy, such as could not be carried away. In the spring Imilkon moved forward towards Gela, having provided himself with fresh siege-machines, and ensured his supplies from the Carthaginian territory in his rear. Finding no army to oppose him, he spread his troops over the territory both of Gela and of Kamarina, where much plunder was collected and much property ruined. He then returned to attack Gela, and established a fortified camp by clearing some plantation-ground near the river of the same name, between the city and the sea, On this spot stood, without the walls, a colossal statue of Apollo, which Imilkon caused to be carried off and sent as a present to Tyre.
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- A History of Greece , pp. 619 - 716Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1852