Philinus of Agrigentum




Philinus of Agrigentum (3rd-century BCE) lived during the First Punic War and wrote its history from a pro-Carthaginian standpoint. His writings were used as a source by Polybius for his description of the First Punic War.[1] Although Polybius uses Philinus' writings he does also accuse him of being biased and inconsistent.[1] Philinus maintained that the initial Roman intervention in Sicily at the start of the First Punic War violated a treaty between Rome and Carthage which recognized Roman sovereignty on the Italian peninsula and Carthaginian control in Sicily.[2]



Citations





  1. ^ ab Polybius, 1:14-15


  2. ^ Adrian Goldsworthy, The Fall Of Carthage, page 69












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