Carthaginian Sicily and Sardinia

Carthaginian Sicily and Sardinia was a colony in Italy (Europe) that lasted from c. 550 to 238 BCE, about 312 years. Its people spoke Semitic languages (Akkadian, Amorite, Aramaic, Hebrew, Phoenician, Ge'ez, Amharic, Tigrinya).

Carthage held western Sicily and the Sardinian coast through Phoenician towns such as Motya and Panormus. It lost Sicily in the First Punic War and Sardinia in 238 BCE.

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Facts

Dates

c. 550 to 238 BCE

Duration

312 years

Type

Colony

Region

Italy, Europe

Language family

Semitic

Capital

Motya, later Lilybaeum

Events in Europe during its time

• 508 BCE Athenian democracy
• 480 BCE Battle of Salamis
• 334 BCE Alexander invades Persia

Neighbours in Europe

• Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE
• Greek city-states c. 800 to 338 BCE
• Athens 508 to 322 BCE
• Empire of Alexander the Great 336 to 323 BCE
• Sparta c. 900 to 192 BCE
• Etruscan civilization c. 720 to 90 BCE
• Kingdom of Macedon c. 700 to 168 BCE
• Syracuse c. 734 to 212 BCE
• Roman Kingdom c. 753 to 509 BCE
• Bosporan Kingdom c. 480 BCE to 370 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE, North and West Africa
• Parthian Empire 247 BCE to 224 CE, Middle East
• Ptolemaic Kingdom 305 to 30 BCE, North and West Africa
• Achaemenid Empire 550 to 330 BCE, Middle East
• Maurya Empire 322 to 185 BCE, South Asia
• Empire of Alexander the Great 334 to 312 BCE, Middle East

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