Among the early tribes that lived here were the Elmyians. It was the site of three namesake wars in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE, the last of which was between Agathocles and Hanno the Navigator, and under Roman rule it was briefly governed by the corrupt Gaius Verres.
Among the early tribes that lived here were the Elmyians. It was the site of three namesake wars in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE, the last of which was between Agathocles and Hanno the Navigator, and under Roman rule it was briefly governed by the corrupt Gaius Verres. One of its notable Norman rulers was known as "Roger" of this place, and in the thirteenth century, it witnessed a revolt against Charles I and a massacre of Frenchmen that began just before Easter services. When he conquered this area, its Ferdinand I renamed his former holdings as the "Kingdom of the Two" of them. For 10 points, name this Greek-colonized Italian island, the birthplace of the Mafia.
Among the early tribes that lived here were the Elmyians. It was the site of three namesake wars in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE, the last of which was between Agathocles and Hanno the Navigator, and under Roman rule it was briefly governed by the corrupt Gaius Verres.
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