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277 BC.
277 BC
The Massaliot League decided to help their ally Ausci tribe again the rest of the Aquitaini tribes and expand their control in the area. The Tolosa tagma together with three thousands celtiberians and two thousands Ligurian mercenaries paid by the common treasury and the company of dynatoi, under the command of strategos Alkaios marched in Ausci capital Elimberris and meet with the three thousands army of Ausci. From there they marched southwest and meet the Aquitani allied army of nearly nine thousands man.The professional tagma and the combined arms, army of the Massaliot League was no match for the Aquitani alliance. The battle was an easy victory for Massaliot League. The Massaliots army lost one thousand men and the Aquitani nearly four thousands. The next months after some minor battles, all of the Aquitany area was under Massaliot League control.
Greece
The Massaliot League decided to help their ally Ausci tribe again the rest of the Aquitaini tribes and expand their control in the area. The Tolosa tagma together with three thousands celtiberians and two thousands Ligurian mercenaries paid by the common treasury and the company of dynatoi, under the command of strategos Alkaios marched in Ausci capital Elimberris and meet with the three thousands army of Ausci. From there they marched southwest and meet the Aquitani allied army of nearly nine thousands man.The professional tagma and the combined arms, army of the Massaliot League was no match for the Aquitani alliance. The battle was an easy victory for Massaliot League. The Massaliots army lost one thousand men and the Aquitani nearly four thousands. The next months after some minor battles, all of the Aquitany area was under Massaliot League control.
- Tin and Amber start to flow in the Massaliot League trade markets.
Greece
- Antigonus crosses the Hellespont and defeats the Celts under the command of Cerethrius at the Battle of Lysimachia nearLysimachia at the neck of the Thracian Chersonese. After this success, he is acknowledged by the Macedonians as their king.
- Pyrrhus captures Eryx, the strongest Carthaginian fortress in Sicily. This prompts the rest of the Carthaginian-controlled cities in Sicily to defect to Pyrrhus.
- Sersor
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