 The Roman fleet is described on that occasion as touching at the promontory of Tyndaris, but the city had not yet fallen into their hands, and it was not until after the fall of Panormus (modern Palermo) in 254 BC that Tyndaris expelled the Carthaginian garrison and joined the Roman alliance.We hear little of Tyndaris under Roman government, but it appears to have been a flourishing and considerable city.Cicero calls it "nobilissima civitas" and we learn from him that the inhabitants had displayed their zeal and fidelity towards the Romans upon many occasions.