Leontini Trade Wars

The Leontini Trade Wars were a series of three wars fought between Ilia and Kategar. The term Leontini comes from the old Ilian name for the Kategar coastline. The main cause of the Leontini Wars was the conflict of interest over trade rights.
== Timeline ==
264 BDC First Leontini war begins starting a series of three wars lasting between 264 and 146 BDC between Ilian Empire and the Kingdom of Kategar over trade rights.
261 BDC An Ilian Army lead by Overseer Francis Atilius lands in the bay of gold.
260 BDC The Ilian Empire is defeated in the Battle of bredas ending their invasion of kategar mainland. Francis Atilius is captured during the battle he will be held till the end of the war.
250 BDC first war ends in stalemate treaty of mullion signed.
235 BDC Second Leontini War begins as Kategar retakes the island of mullion after suffering years of pirate raids who shelter on the island.
233 ADC Ilian Empire fails in attempted invasion of Kategar
229 BDC Kategar successfully lands troops on the mainland of Aranor and begins 3 year land campaign.
226 BDC after losing a series of battles Kategar size pull their armies back to their beachhead.
225 BDC after being defeated at the Battle of Miliana, Kategar decides to pull all their forces off Aranor.
200 BDC second Leontini war ends in stalemate once again
147 BDC third Leontini war begins.
146 BDC Due to the massive casualties suffered during the Battle of Aegir both sides agreed to a permanent Peace Treaty.
== First Leontini war ==
The first Leontini war was the first of three wars fought between Kategar and Ilia and was largely a naval war. An Ilian invasion of the Kategan coastline of Urenos was destroyed in the Battle of Bagradas and the Ilian overseer Francis Atilius was captured.
== Second Leontini war ==
Fought mainly on land unlike the other wars. The war was started with the kategar navy attempting to reclaim the island fortress and captured by Ilia during the first leontini war. 
== Third Leontini war ==
The third Leontini war the war of all three wars lasting only a year, the war had the largest amount killed in any war until the Dragon Conquest. 
== Known battles ==
=== First Leontini war ===
Battle of bredas
=== Second Leontini war ===
Takingng of Mullton 
=== Third Leontini war ===
Battle of Aegir
== Trivia ==
Based on the Punic wars.
* The wars marked the first time that sell-swords outnumbered the regular soldiers in any of the armies.
* During the third Leontini war 253,000 solders on both sides died in only three days.
* Ilia's ability to attract private investments in the war effort to fund ships and crews was one of the deciding factors of the war, particularly when contrasted with the Kategan nobility's apparent unwillingness to risk their fortunes for the common war effort.
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