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258 BC

After some months under siege Capua felt to Pyrrhus. Thirty five thousand of the inhabitants were killed or sold as slaves and many works of art were carried off to Pyrrhus camp. Romans shocked from this news, send emissaries asking for peace. At first Pyrrhus wanted to continue all the way to Rome, but the news from Greece was not good. East Macedonia was under attack from Tylisians and there were also rumours for rebellion from various Greek polis. So a Peace treaty between Rome and Pyrrhus was signed. All south Italy was now under Pyrrhus control(mostly via vassals)

Peace terms

The terms of the “Treaty of Capua” designed by the Greeks were particularly heavy for Rome. Both sides agreed upon:

• Rome evacuates all South Italy all the way up until Capua.
• Rome returns their prisoners of war without ransom, while paying a heavy ransom on their own.
• Rome pays a 2,000 talents of silver indemnity in ten annual installments, plus an additional indemnity of 1,000 talents immediately.

War with Carthage

All Sicily was finally under Massaliot League,Syracuse and Ptolemaic Egypt control.

Ptolemaic army conquer all Carthaginian holdings in Libya and was now marching against Carthage itself. Meanwhile, Carthage had build another mercenary army in Africa, which was ready to secure its holdings and repel Ptolemaic army . This army was composed of forty eight thousands infantry, five thousands cavalry, and forty war elephants and partly composed of Celts and Iberians.