Region: Southern Europe · Coordinates: 38.192, 15.557 · 6 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| 425 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | Ten Syracusan and ten Locrian ships take Messana at its people's invitation, and Messana breaks with Athens |
| 425 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | In the Strait of Messina, the Syracusan coalition (30-odd ships) fights 16 Athenian and 8 Rhegian ships and is defeated |
| 415 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | Alcibiades proposes an alliance to Messana but gets only a market outside the city |
| 415 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | Before being recalled to Athens, Alcibiades leaks the plan to betray Messana to his Syracusan friends, and the plan fails |
| 343 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | After taking Messana he marches on Syracuse |
| 264 BC | Polybius, Histories | Appius Claudius drives the Carthaginians out of Messana (start of the First Punic War) |