Sources for the Mamertines?

[john m roberts]

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?

[Nahars]

I had the chance to find only a book, but it is in Italian:
"Mamertini Storia e Monetazione" - Mamertines History and Coinage; I suppose that the main aim of the study is coinage, however.

Here the link to buy an used copy:
http://usato.unilibro.it/site/product_u ... _used=9642

Since the Mamertini were Campanian mercenaries, you may try to find books on the ancient "Campani" in general, which may include also some references to the Campanian mercenary forces employed in Sicily.

[hoplite14gr]

Maertines had sized Catana by the time od Timoleon mid 4th cent. B.C

source Plutarch Timoleon - the mamertine genral is called Mamercus.

Kind regards

[PMBardunias]

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.

[john m roberts]

Paul:
I would be very interested in reading that review. Thanks.

[PMBardunias]

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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