Sicilia

Reading notes

• The History of Rome, Book 1 §1 Sicily

  The island off Italy's toe, a stage in Aeneas's voyage.

• The History of Rome, Book 4 §25 Sicily

  The great island off Italy's toe, a Greek and Carthaginian grain-land to which Rome sent for corn.

• The History of Rome, Book 7 §26 tyrants of Sicily

  The Greek autocrats of Sicily, Livy's guess for the unknown sea-raiders' fleet.

• The History of Rome, Book 22 §1 Sicily

  The island ceded by Carthage after the First Punic War, Rome's first province.

• The History of Rome, Book 23 §4 the cities of Sicily

  The great island, a Roman province since the First Punic War; three hundred Campanian nobles garrisoned there became a bond of loyalty.

• The History of Rome, Book 24 §4 In Sicily the death of Hiero

  The great island, a Roman province since the First Punic War, thrown into war by the revolution at Syracuse.

• The History of Rome, Book 26 §1 Sicily

  The island theatre, where Marcellus and then Laevinus finish the war by taking Agrigentum.

• The History of Rome, Book 27 §4 Sicily

  The island province, pacified under Laevinus.

• The History of Rome, Book 28 §4 Sicily

  Sicily, decreed Scipio's province with leave to cross to Africa.

• The History of Rome, Book 29 §1 Sicily

  The island province, Scipio's base for the African expedition.

• The History of Rome, Book 30 §1 Sicily

  The island province, the staging-ground for the African expedition.

• The History of Rome, Book 31 §3 Sicily

  Sicily, the island province from which Octavius was bringing back the fleet.

• The History of Rome, Book 32 §1 Sicily

  The island province, a chief source of grain for the armies.

• The History of Rome, Book 35 §24 Sicily

  The Roman province, its coasts to be guarded against an Antiochan fleet.

• The History of Rome, Book 37 §2 Sicily

  The island province, a chief grain source for Rome's armies.

• The History of Rome, Book 38 §23 Sicily

  The island province, Rome's first; assigned by lot to a praetor.

• The History of Rome, Book 39 §40 Sicily

  The island province, allotted to Gaius Sempronius Blaesus.

• The History of Rome, Book 42 §1 Sicily

  Large island off the toe of Italy, Rome's first overseas province, governed by a praetor.