Sicily

History of Sicily

Brief history of Sicily summarized A look at the interesting and brief history of Sicily, as a summary. From the origin to the Byzantines Sicily’s early history began gloriously with centuries of Greek rule and flourished again under Arab and Norman rule. At the beginning of 1250 BC three tribes shared the dominion of the region: the Sikans of Iberian origin, the Elímios of eastern Mediterranean origin, and the Sikels of continental Italy and from whom Sicily took its name. The arrival of the Romans So, for nearly 1,000 years, the people of Sicily suffered grievously at the hands of…