This post was very well written. I appreciated your interpretation of possible motives for the various sides throughout the conflict and clarification of the primary sources. I have learned so much more about Carthage through your substack.
Thanks for your kind words, Thomas! That's the idea, so it's really good to know that. The support of readers like you has been really important. I appreciate it.
In 480 (and also later) Carthage controlled the *Western* shore of Sicily, not the East and the South, where the main Greek colonies were.
Yes, I forgot to correct that, thank you very much. It's been corrected now.
This post was very well written. I appreciated your interpretation of possible motives for the various sides throughout the conflict and clarification of the primary sources. I have learned so much more about Carthage through your substack.
Thanks for your kind words, Thomas! That's the idea, so it's really good to know that. The support of readers like you has been really important. I appreciate it.