Sicels
Sign in to savethumb|250px|Sicily in the 6th century BC; the Sicels are referred to as Sikeloi. Their neighbors to the west were the [[Sicani.]] The Sicels ( ; or Siculī) were an Indo-European tribe who inhabited eastern Sicily, their namesake, during the Iron Age. They spoke the Siculian language. After the defeat of the Sicels at the Battle of Nomae in 450 BC and the death of Sicel leader Ducetius in 440 BC, the Sicel state broke down and the Sicel culture merged into Magna Graecia.
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thumb|250px|Sicily in the 6th century BC; the Sicels are referred to as Sikeloi. Their neighbors to the west were the [[Sicani.]]
The Sicels ( ; or Siculī) were an Indo-European tribe who inhabited eastern Sicily, their namesake, during the Iron Age. They spoke the Siculian language. After the defeat of the Sicels at the Battle of Nomae in 450 BC and the death of Sicel leader Ducetius in 440 BC, the Sicel state broke down and the Sicel culture merged into Magna Graecia.