It was defeated at the Battle of Himera and a revolution overthrew its Mago dynasty.
A force of this city defeated Dorieus when he attempted to found a colony at the foot of Mount Eryx. It founded the city of Gabir and emerged victorious under Malchus, who was later banished. Its government featured a body of judges known as the Hundred and Four and it celebrated the cult of the goddess Tanit, at the religious district or Tophet in the south. This is where its practice of child sacrifice is said to have occurred, and its power center was the citadel Byrsa. It was defeated at the Battle of Himera and a revolution overthrew its Mago dynasty. Led by several members of the Barca family, FTP, name this ancient Phoenician city which fought against Rome in the Punic Wars.
A force of this city defeated Dorieus when he attempted to found a colony at the foot of Mount Eryx.
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