Editing 312 BC (section)

==== Sicily ====
* [[Agathocles of Syracuse|Agathocles]], tyrant of [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]], increased the size of his forces until they surpassed the [[Carthage|Carthaginian]] garrison forces on the island.<ref>Diod. XIX 106,1</ref>
* [[Carthage]], concerned with Agathocles' increasing powers, decided to send 130 warships and 14,200 soldiers under the command of a general named Hamilcar (son of Gisco, grandson of [[Hanno I the Great|Hanno the Great]]).<ref>Diod. XIX 106,2</ref>
* Hamilcar's fleet was caught by several storms which sank 60 warships and destroyed 200 transports.<ref>Diod. XIX 106,3</ref>
* After landing on Sicily, Hamilcar gathered the remnants of his army, he also started to hire mercenaries, enlist those Sicilians opposed to Agathocles and enroll soldiers from the Carthaginian garrisons already on Sicily. In this way he was able to muster a large army.<ref>Diod. XIX 106,5</ref>
* Agathocles, fearing [[Gela]] would turn against him, took over the city, executed 4,000 leading Geloans he suspected of treason, and confiscated their property.<ref>Diod. XIX 107</ref>