- Hamilcar Barca by Adrianna Todd
... the Punic garrison in Lilybaeum. However, the Carthaginians were defeated, and Hamilcar Barca negotiated the terms of the peace that led to Carthage 's withdrawal from Sicily. The Carthaginian mercenaries shortly afterward revolted and besieged Carthage, but Hamilcar defeated them in 238. After that his popularity made him virtual dictator. He then set out ...
- Sicilian Slave Rebellions by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... cities, such as Murgantia and Lilybaeum.The slaves did not harm the small landowners, and the rural poor supported the insurgents. The Roman army, led by the praetors Lucullus and later Gaius Servilius in 103 and 102, were unable to defeat the rebels. It took a consular army, sent to the island in 101 under the command of Manius Aquilinus, to suppress the uprising in ...
- Punic Wars by Vanessa McDaniel
... , and they failed to take Lilybaeum, the chief Punic base. The Romans equipped a new fleet that destroyed (241) the Punic fleet off the Aegates (now Aegadian Isles), and Carthage sued for peace. The terms were the payment of an indemnity and the cession of Punic Sicily to Rome. The chief events of the next 20 years were the Roman entry into Sardinia and Corsica ...