Category
page 1240 BC
240 BC
year
Mercenary War
revolt of mercenaries

Syracusia
thumb|upright=1.4|Syracusia as imagined in 1671.
Syracusia (, syrakousía, literally "of Syracuse") was an ancient Greek ship sometimes claimed to be the largest transport ship of antiquity. She was reportedly too big for any port in Sicily, and thus only sailed once from Syracuse in Sicily to Alexandria in the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, whereupon she was given as a present to Ptolemy III Euergetes. The exact dimension of Syracusia is unknown; Historian Michael Lahanas put it at long, 14 m wide, and 13 m high.
Battle of the Bagradas River
240 BCE battle during the Mercenary War

Battle of Utica
239 BCE battle
Hamilcar's victory with Naravas
240 BCE battle during the Mercenary War