Solous, Solus (Solunto?)
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350 BC Solunto (Timoleon)
700 BC Solous
4C BC First historical evidence of Solous under the Carthaginians.
396-395 BC (397 BC) Dionysios of Syracuse attacks and destroys the city.
Phoenician town, dependent of Carthago until the Frst Punic War (264-241)
306 BC Mercenaries who rose against Agathocles come to the city.
After the landing of Hanno at Lilybaion, Solous becomes a base of the
Carthaginian army.
244 BC Solous occupied by the Romans.