Sicilian Epicrateia in 431 B.C.

Sicilian Epicrateia — Carthaginian Direct Region · 431 B.C..

Interactive map of Sicilian Epicrateia — a direct territorial holding of Carthage in 431 B.C. The Carthaginian "province" (epikráteia) in western Sicily — the area around Motya, Panormus, and Solus. Carthage held this region against the Greek city-states of eastern Sicily (Syracuse, Acragas) for centuries; in 431 B.C. it was an uneasy frontier. Explore the map of Sicilian Epicrateia within the Carthaginian sphere in the western Mediterranean.