Himilco
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Himilco was the Carthaginian sailor a.k.a. Himilco the Navigator
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Himilco the Navigator
Himilco , a Carthaginian navigator and explorer, lived during the height of Carthaginian power, the 5th century BC....
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Himilco may also refer to:
- Himilco (general) (died c. 396 BCE), Carthaginian soldier at Battle of MesseneBattle of MesseneThe Battle of Messene took place in 397 BC in Sicily. Carthage, in retaliation for the attack on Motya by Dionysius, had sent an army under Himilco, to Sicily to regain lost territory. Himilco sailed to Panormus, and from there again sailed and marched along the northern coast of Sicily to Cape...
- Himilco (Punic War) (fl. c. 250 BCE), Carthaginian soldier, commander over AlexonAlexonAlexon was an ancient Greek mercenary from Achaea, who served in the Carthaginian garrison at Lilybaeum while it was besieged by the Romans in 250 BC, during the First Punic War. During this siege some of the Gallic mercenaries engaged in the service of the Carthaginians began planning to betray...