Atlas of Battles

contested ground, 3 engagements

Agrigento: contested ground

The ground around Agrigento was fought over 3 times between 406 BC and 210 BC: 3 sieges, in 2 different wars. All 3 recorded sites lie within a few kilometres of one another.

Siege of AkragasSiege of AgrigentoBattle of AgrigentumBattle of AgrigentumPalermoCataniaMessinaSiracusaNabeulMarsalaReggio di CalabriaRagusa200 km37.313N, 13.579E
3 engagements within a few kilometres, coloured by era; the ringed mark is the most widely documented.

In time order

Siege of Akragas, 406 BCBattle of Agrigentum, 261 BCSiege of Agrigento, 210 BC406 BC210 BC
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceWar
April 406 BCSiege of AkragasAkragasGreco-Carthaginian War
261 BCBattle of AgrigentumAgrigentoFirst Punic War
210 BCSiege of AgrigentoAgrigento

Contested ground is computed: recorded sites within six kilometres of one another, three or more engagements, in more than one war or across more than fifty years. Coordinates are those recorded in Wikidata and can be approximate.