Marcellus attacks the city of Leontini, where …
Years: 214BCE - 214BCE
Marcellus attacks the city of Leontini, where the two Syracusean rulers are residing.
After successfully storming the city, Marcellus has two thousand Roman deserters who were hiding in the city killed, and moves to lay siege to Syracuse itself.
At this point, several cities in the province of Sicily rise in rebellion against Roman rule.
Locations
People
Groups
- Sicily, classical
- Carthage, Kingdom of
- Syracuse, Corinthian city-state of
- Roman Republic
- Greeks, Hellenistic
