Hipponion

A colony of Epizephyrian Locris established near the modern city of Vibo Valentia, Hipponion is thought to have been founded around the same time as nearby city Medma. It would later make a move for independence, having grown rich from the protection of Syracuse, but independence would prove short-lived and it would side with Lokri in the battle of the Helleporus against Dionysus of Syracuse. Dionysus' victory in that battle would leave Hipponion destroyed for nearly a decade before Carthage would help in its reconstruction to check the power of Syracuse.