Editing Hiero II of Syracuse (section)

==First Punic War==
In 264 BC he returned and attacked the Mamertines again. The Mamertines became desperate and called in the aid of [[Rome]].<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Plb.+1.16 "Hiero and Rome" from Polybius, ''Histories'' at Perseus]</ref> Hiero at once joined the Punic leader [[Hanno, Messana garrison commander|Hanno]], who had recently landed in Sicily; but fighting a battle to an inconclusive outcome with the Romans led by the [[consul]] [[Claudius Caudex|Appius Claudius Caudex]], he withdrew to Syracuse.<ref name = "8-16"/><ref name="EB1911"/>

Pressed by the Roman forces, in 263 he concluded a treaty with Rome, by which he was to rule over the south-east of Sicily and the eastern coast as far as [[Tauromenium]].<ref name="EB1911"/><ref name = "8-16">[[Polybius]] i. 8–16; [[Joannes Zonaras|Zonaras]] Viii. 9.</ref>