Himera

Greek city on the north coast of Sicily, founded about 649 BC by exiles from Syracuse. In 483 BC Theron of Acragas expelled the ruling tyrant, Terillus, who then looked for support from Carthage. At the Battle of Himera in 480 BC, Theron and his son-in-law Gelon of Syracuse defeated Terillus and the Carthaginian army. Himera was finally destroyed in 409 BC by the Carthaginians, who built another town nearby shortly afterwards.