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In the Carthaginian expedition of 408-406, Lipari was again on friendly
relations with Syracuse. It was therefore attacked by the Carthaginian general
Imilcone who, taking possession of the city, extorted from the inhabitants an
indemnity of 30 talents. With the Carthaginians departed, Lipari returned to the
full enjoyment of its independece. During the domination of Dionisio the Old,
Lipari remained at the side of Syracuse
and later of Tindari.
In the year 304 the island was attacked
by Agatocle who imposed a tribute of 50
talents, which he lost during the crossing towards Sicily owing to a storm
attributed to the anger of Eolo.
Later Lipari fell under the Carthaginian
yoke and was still thus when the first
Punic w'ar broke out. Owing to its excellent ports and position of high
strategic value, the Archipelago became
one of the best Carthaginian naval stations.
In 262 the Roman consul Cn. Cornelius
Scipione, under the illusion of being
capable of easily taking possession of
Lipari, was trapped there by Hannibal
and captured with the whole of his
squadron.
In 258 Lipari was besieged by Atilio
Calatino.
In 257 the Aeolian waters formed the
theatre of a fierce battle between the
Carthaginian and Roman fleets.
Lipari was conquered by the Romans in
252 B.C. Razed to the ground by means
of cruel slaughters, it lost with its in-
dependence its economic prosperity
and a period of severe decline began.
However it gained great economic advantages from the allum which had
probably been extracted from the island of
Vulcano since the Bronze Age of which
Lipari had the monopoly in the ancient
world.
The excellent hot springs of Vulcano
and Lipari were also much visited and
were also known by Imperial Rome.
Cicero includes Lipari among the
"decuman cities" and speaks about how
they had been abused by Verre.
The Aeolian Islands enjoyed a period of
great strategic importance during the
civil war between Ottaviano, master of
Italy, and Sesto Pompeo, master of Sicily. Lipari, fortified by Sesto Pompeo,
was conquered in 36 B.C. by Agrippa,
Admiral of Ottaviano who based his
fleet on the island of Vulcano for the
operations proceeding the naval battle
of Milazzo and the subsequent landing
in Sicily. On this occasion, Lipari was
again plundered and ravaged.
It seems that it was subsequently con-
stituted as a Municipality. Plinium call-
ed it "oppidum civium romanorum".
We know nothing of Lipari during all the
Roman Imperial Age (I-IV century A.D.).
We only know that Emperor Caracalla,
after having executed his father-in-law
Plauziano, banished his wife Plautilla
thereandhisbrother-in-law Plauzio, who
died in exile.
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