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Siege of Akragas

Name: Siege of Akragas
Location: Akragas, Italy

Siege of Akragas was a siege conducted in April 406 BC at Akragas, in what is now Italy. It was part of the Greco-Carthaginian War, which ran from 409 BC to 405 BC. The recorded result: Carthaginian victory. Recorded strength: 60,000; 120 triremes; 1,000 transport ships against 35,000; 40 triremes; Supply convoy.

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FoughtApril 406 BC

WhereAkragas, Italy37.311N, 13.577E

OutcomeCarthaginian victory

BelligerentsCarthageagainstAkragas; Syracuse

Part ofGreco-Carthaginian War409 BC to 405 BC

Where it sits in the Greco-Carthaginian War

5 placed engagements of the Greco-Carthaginian War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	April 406 BC (month precision) to December 406 BC
Place	Akragas, Italy 37.311N, 13.577E
Kind	Siege, ancient
Territorial change	Akragas sacked
Strength	60,000; 120 triremes; 1,000 transport ships	35,000; 40 triremes; Supply convoy
Casualties and losses	6,000 killed; 15 triremes lost	8 triremes sunk; Supply convoy captured; Population massacred
Commanders	Hannibal Mago Himilco (general)

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Agrigento 210 BC, same recorded site
Battle of Agrigentum 261 BC, 0.9 km NE
Battle of Phintias 249 BC, 40 km SE
Battle of Cape Ecnomus 256 BC, 41 km SE
Battle of Gela 405 BC, 66 km SE

Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 406 BC and 210 BC.

In the same war

Before: Battle of the Himera River 406 BC
After: Battle of Gela 405 BC
All 5 engagements of Greco-Carthaginian War

Elsewhere in 406 BC

Siege of Akragas is one of 99 engagements of the 5th century BC in the atlas and one of 942 in present-day Italy.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q368257, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Akragas (406 BC), revision 1370738588, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.