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who had been employed by Agathocles, the late tyrant of Syracuse, and seized the stronghold of Messina, which they used as a base of operations to harass the Greeks around them. They were finally defeated in a pitched battle near Mylae along the Longanus river by Hiero, who was only prevented from capturing Messina by Carthaginian interference. Between 275 and 271 he

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