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I find myself intrigued by those prize troublemakers of the western Med, the Mamertines. They are usually described as a pack of scruffy mercenaries who set themselves up as a minor power in their own right, then stirred the pot by inducing wars among the Macedonians, Carthaginians and Romans. Are there any good, accessible studies of this disreputable bunch?
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Maertines had sized Catana by the time od Timoleon mid 4th cent. B.C
source Plutarch Timoleon - the mamertine genral is called Mamercus.
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Here's another book in Italian perhaps someone has. I have an english review if you are interested.
G. TAGLIAMONTE: If igli di Marte.m obilita, mercenari emercenariato italici in Magna Grecia e Sicilia. Pp. 294, ills. Rome: Giorgio Bretschneider, 1994.I SBN: 88-7689-118-8.
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I would be very interested in reading that review. Thanks.
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Quote:I would be very interested in reading that review. Thanks.
John, I don't have your email address, send me a message and I'll attach it on the reply.
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