Sicily

Sicily is the largest island of the Mediterranean Sea, located just southwest of the southernmost tip of the Italian peninsula, where it is separated from Bruttium by a narrow strait.

The earliest known tribes to inhabit Sicily are (from west to east) the Elymoi, Sikanoi and Sikeloi. The ethnic origins of all 3 are uncertain, and they are represented with the Sicilian faction group in-game. Coastal regions of the island started to be colonized by the seafaring Greeks (in the east) and Phoenicians (in the west) during the 8th Century BC, with the Greek parts of Sciliy becoming part of Magna Graecia in the process. The Phoenician colonies eventually fell to the overlordship of Carthage, with the Greeks and Carthaginians fighting for Sicily in a series of wars known as the Greco-Punic Wars from the 6th to 3rd Centuries BC.

The political situation became even more complicated when a group of Campanian mercenaries known as the Mamertines carved out a territory in the northeast of Sicily in the early 3rd Century BC. These Mamertines would eventually appeal for Roman assistance, leading to the First Punic War of 264-241 BC, in which the Romans drove the Carthaginians out of Sicily and annexed most of the island. However, the Roman conquest of Sicily wasn't fully complete until the conquest of Syrakousai in 214 BC during the Second Punic War.

Factions

 * Zancle
 * Syrakousai
 * Himera
 * Selinous
 * Sikeloi
 * Elymoi
 * Sikanoi (Only in the smaller Sicily-only sandbox)
 * Mamertines (Only in the Pyrrhus Campaign)
 * Carthage (Only in the Pyrrhus Campaign)

Cities

 * Eryx
 * Egesta
 * Ietas
 * Entella
 * Lilybaion
 * Selinous
 * Adranon
 * Akragas
 * Panormos
 * Himera (Renamed to Thermae in the Pyrrhus Campaign)
 * Kale Akte
 * Gela
 * Kamarina
 * Akrai
 * Heloros
 * Syrakousai
 * Enna
 * Morgantina
 * Kentoripa
 * Katane
 * Mylae
 * Tauromenium
 * Zancle (Renamed to Messene in the Pyrrhus Campaign)