Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Hadranum.

Fought B.C. 344, between Timoleon, the deliverer of Sicily, with 2,000 followers, and Hiketas, Tyrant of Leontini, with 10,000 men. The two had been summoned to the assistance of the rival factions in Hadranum, and Hiketas, who arrived first, was resting his men under the walls, when he was surprised by Timoleon, and totally routed.[routed.] This was Timoleon's first exploit, and Hadranum became his headquarters.