Echetla

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Echetla (Ancient Greek: Ἐχέτλα)[1] was a town in ancient Sicily located between Carthaginian and Syracusan territory during the First Punic War.[2] In 263 BC The Roman consul Appius Claudius Caudex unsuccessfully laid siege to Echetla but was forced to withdraw to Messana after suffering many losses.[3]

Citations[edit]

  1. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, E292.7
  2. ^ Polybius, The Histories, 1:15.10
  3. ^ Diodorus Siculus, Biblioteca Historica, 23.3


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