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So if Xerxes' invasion had been successful, Greece probably would have become a Persian satrapy, right? And if the Carthaginians won the Battle of Himera, Syracuse and probably all of Sicily probably would have fallen under their thumb? Carthage and Persia would be by far the most powerful states in the Mediterranean, and would begin to butt up against each other; I definitely could see each sending their 'golden cavalry' to aid Greek rebels in the others' territory, or raising armies from their Greek territories to lead expeditions to galvanize their opponents' subject peoples.

How plausible would a late 5th/early 4th century war between the two empires in Greece, Sicily, or Libya be?
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