In his novel Salammbô, Gustave Flaubert writes of the Greeks singing the 'old song of the Mamertines': "With my lance and sword I plough and reap; I am master of the house! The disarmed man falls at my feet and calls me Lord and Great King." See also Punic Wars Sicilian Wars Notes External links Jona Lendering – Mamertines Mamertine Coins Ancient mercenaries Italian mercenaries Magna Graecia Mercenary units and formations of antiquity Military units and formations of antiquity Military units and formations of ancient Greece Pyrrhic War Roman Republic