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Anaxilas

r. c. 494–476 BCE · 5th century BCE · Also known as Anaxilaus of Rhegium

Anaxilas was tyrant of Rhegion on the toe of Italy in the early 5th century BCE. He seized Zancle across the strait, settled it with Messenians and renamed it Messana, giving him control of both shores of the Strait of Messina. An ally of Carthage, he supported the Carthaginian side in the campaign that ended at Himera in 480 BCE.

Mentioned in 2 state histories

ZancleRhegion

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