Dr. Eve MacDonald
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first heard Aug 2026
last heard 13 Sep
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And then that's really what we have is the beginning of conflict.
So I think it's really interesting because what happens initially is that Syracuse and Carthage ally.
Hero Hero II and the Carthaginian generals in Sicily decide to ally against a Roman invasion.
And the Romans invade big time.
They turn up with big soldiers.
They're not just like, oh, we're gonna just come over and help the Mamortimes.
They have both consular armies with them.
They they they literally show up with an invasion force.
So it seems to me that the story that we get in the Roman Roman sources like, Oh, the accidental empire that they've created.
is a little bit tricky because they do show up in force to take
The city of Messina, but also to be involved in Sicilian affairs.
And Polybius actually tells us at the very beginning of his history that he's going to take from his starting point the moment that the Romans cross for the first time into Sicily.
So the Roman historians see this moment of Rome's crossing the sea into Sicily as the beginning of their imperial.
It's a big
Big moment, huge moment.
And he I love the reaction of the Syracusans because Hiero is like first allied with Carthage.
They've been fighting each other off and on, allied, know each other really well.
And then he looks fairly skeptically at their own the Carthaginian ability and the Syracusan ability to deal with this massive Roman army.
And he turns around and allies with the Romans.
makes a deal.
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