Aegates Islands was fought over control of this location.
The Elymians were early settlers, but not natives, of this location, and they tried to contain Megara Hyblaea's colony of Selinus. Once they realized their strife was opening themselves to domination by this location's hegemon, both parties to civil conflict in Leontini together sought an alliance with Athens, as did the Elymians of Segesta, where the Second Servile War began three centuries later. Sextus Pompey was based in this location during his war with Octavian, and the Battle of the (*) Aegates Islands was fought over control of this location. One text that concerns this location alludes to the abandonment of the countryside that followed violations of a 10% limit on tenant taxation, the Law of Hiero, reducing Roman revenue in the long run; that allegation is brought forward in Cicero's prosecution of this island province's governor Gaius Verres. The tyrants Gelon and Theron together kept this island free of Carthaginian intervention at the Battle of Himera. For 10 points, name this island that became a province following the First Punic War.
The Elymians were early settlers, but not natives, of this location, and they tried to contain Megara Hyblaea's colony of Selinus.
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