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Syracuse [Carthaginian Empire Episode 5] [MultiFormat]
eBook by David Bowman
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eBook Category: Alternate History/Historical Fiction
eBook Description: Hanno's grandson has a problem. Carthage wants control of Sicily. So does Athens. Only the port of Syracuse holds out against Carthage's ambitions. But it has held out for four long years. Carthage is sick of war. Carthage wants its sons home. Can his final desperate plan succeed in breaking Athens final holding in the Western Mediterranean? Its 409BC Can Handro meet and make his destiny?
eBook Publisher: Mystic Moon Press, Published: 2008
Fictionwise Release Date: August 2008
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Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [205 KB], eReader (PDB) [39 KB], Palm Doc (PDB) [10 KB], Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [11 KB], Microsoft Reader (LIT) [90 KB] - PocketPC 1.0+ Compatible, Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [82 KB], hiebook (KML) [70 KB], Sony Reader (LRF) [70 KB], iSilo (PDB) [9 KB], Mobipocket (PRC) [12 KB], Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [59 KB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [21 KB]
Words: 3233
Reading time: 9-12 min.
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Carthaginian Empire--Episode 5: Syracuse "The citadel of Syracuse still holds!" The news reverberated around the Greek colonies and homelands every time a ship sneaked in and out of the harbour. It had become a rallying cry. Each time, months apart, the news was received with rejoicing. "The city of Syracuse and its citadel still holds out!" This cry went round the city and empire of Carthage with something other than elation, indeed the emotion it generated was just the opposite. Hasdrubal's army was encamped outside the city walls of Syracuse and had been so for four long years. Handro's fleet was blockading the bay and the port. But neither could break the deadlock. Syracuse held out, the last of the Greek enclaves on the island of Sicily. In actuality the last Greek enclave in the western arm of the True Sea. * * * *"My Lord Admiral, the General Hasdrubal approaches!" The herald's announcement was unnecessary as the hooves of the approaching horses clearly signalled arrival of the expected visitors. The sides of the tent had been raised to allow air to circulate, but it was still oppressively hot in the Sicilian sun. Hasdrubal and his staff reigned in, in front of the tent and dismounted, they gazed across the bay to where Syracuse still lay in Greek hands for a moment and then entered the tent. "Hail and well met Handro." "Hail and well met Hasdrubal. How goes it in the siege lines." "Nothing changes. I don't have the men to launch another full scale assault and they are so well supplied I cannot starve them out." "I know, but my ships cannot get closer to stop them fishing whilst the catapults on Faro Maniace are still manned." Hasdrubal grunted. "But you are still allowing their ships in and out." "Fewer than you think. For every ship that gets back to Athens, seven lie at the bottom of the sea. You know as well as I do that we allow most in but few out. That was the long range strategy agreed by the king's council back in Carthage. The more of Greek strength, particularly Athenian strength we can destroy here the weaker Greece and Athens will be in the future." "Long range strategy my arse! It saps our strength more. My men bleed and die and your men patrol to no end. Now what's this idea you have to end this farce?" "Perhaps some wine General, and then we can talk." Unobtrusively Handro's staff led their opposite numbers out of the tent leaving the two commanders alone as Handro began to explain.
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