mamertine

Noun

(plural Mamertines)

(historical) One of a group of mercenaries of Italian origin, hired from their home in Campania by Agathocles (361–289 BCE), Tyrant of Syracuse and self-proclaimed King of Sicily.

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The Mamertine settlement, the war with Pyrrhus, bring us on quickly.
In 843 the Saracens won the Mamertine city, Messana, and thus stood in the path between Italy and Sicily.

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