Anaxilas of Rhegium
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Anaxilas was tyrant of Rhegium, in the southwestern tip of Italy, from 474 BC
- 476 BC
. He seized Zancle after Hippocrates
' death and renamed it to Messana. After allying with Carthage
he made peace with Gelon
and his daughter married Hieron I.
474 BC
Year 474 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Medullinus and Vulso...
- 476 BC
476 BC
Year 476 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Rutilus and Structus...
. He seized Zancle after Hippocrates
Hippocrates of Gela
Hippocrates was the second tyrant of Gela and ruled from 498 BC to 491 BC. He was the brother of Cleander and succeeded him to the throne after his death. With him, Gela began its expansion phase; Hippocrates aimed to conquer all of southeastern Sicily in order to build a great state with Gela as...
' death and renamed it to Messana. After allying with Carthage
Carthage
Carthage , implying it was a 'new Tyre') is a major urban centre that has existed for nearly 3,000 years on the Gulf of Tunis, developing from a Phoenician colony of the 1st millennium BC...
he made peace with Gelon
Gelon
Gelon may refer to:*Gelo, tyrant of Gela and Syracuse in the 5th century BC*Gelonus, a legendary city of the Gelonians in Scythia....
and his daughter married Hieron I.