 In 258 BC they recaptured Camarina after a lengthy siege.For the next few years petty raiding, skirmishing and the occasional defection of a smaller town from one side to the other continued on Sicily.The war in Sicily reached a stalemate, as the Carthaginians focused on defending their well-fortified towns and cities; these were mostly on the coast and so could be supplied and reinforced without the Romans being able to use their superior army to interfere.