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Segesta

Ancient city in northwestern Sicily. From the early 6th century BC onwards, Segesta was engaged in frequent boundary disputes with the city of Selinus on the south coast of Sicily, and Segesta's request for help from Athens against Selinus contributed to the formal justification of the Athenian expedition to Sicily 415 BC.

After the Athenian disaster at Syracuse 413, Segesta turned to Carthage, and Carthaginian supremacy was established in the western half of the island 409. The city remained a dependent ally of Carthage until it sided with Rome early in the First Punic War.

Remains are few, but the theatre is well preserved.



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