{"type":"video","version":"1.0","html":"<iframe src=\"https://www.loom.com/embed/27ad26874ff84c1d95be7a2a2f42bedd\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>","height":1440,"width":1920,"provider_name":"Loom","provider_url":"https://www.loom.com","thumbnail_height":1440,"thumbnail_width":1920,"thumbnail_url":"https://cdn.loom.com/sessions/thumbnails/27ad26874ff84c1d95be7a2a2f42bedd-0c3528b57139d9b9.gif","duration":1901.052,"title":"Carthage Sails Overseas Expansion, Battle of Himera","description":"This Loom explains Carthage’s overseas expansion and its rising rivalry with Greek powers that culminates in the Battle of Himera. After recapping Mago I and the transition to Hasdrubal and Hamilcar, it describes Carthage’s campaigns in Sardinia and movements toward Sicily, driven by the strategic value of Mediterranean trade routes and control. It highlights earlier sea conflicts, including struggles around Corsica and the eventual ability by 480 BC to shut the Strait of Gibraltar to Greek ships, as well as the 509 BC treaty dividing commercial influence between Rome and Carthage. The episode ends with Hamilcar’s 480 BC siege of Himera, the role of intercepted reinforcements, and differing ancient accounts of his death, along with the result that Gelo secures Greek control over eastern and southern Sicily and Carthage withdraws for over 70 years."}