{"slug": "dion-of-syracuse", "label": "Dion of Syracuse", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion_of_Syracuse", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q457885", "qid": "Q457885", "description": "4th-century BC Tyrant of Syracuse", "entries": 8, "years": 7, "span": [-407, -353], "span_label": ["408 BCE", "354 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Dion (Tyrant of Syracuse)", "Dion (tyrant of Syracuse)"], "related": [{"slug": "syracuse-sicily", "label": "Syracuse, Sicily", "shared": 7}, {"slug": "dionysius-ii-of-syracuse", "label": "Dionysius II of Syracuse", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "dionysius-i-of-syracuse", "label": "Dionysius I of Syracuse", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "plato", "label": "Plato", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "italy", "label": "Italy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "athens", "label": "Athens", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "egypt", "label": "Egypt", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "megara", "label": "Megara", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "socrates", "label": "Socrates", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sicily", "label": "Sicily", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -407, "year_label": "408 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Dion, tyrant of Syracuse (d. c. 354 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1303241146#Births", "title": "408 BC", "revid": 1303241146, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -387, "year_label": "388 BCE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Plato, having left Athens on Socrates' death to visit Megara and possibly Egypt, travels to Syracuse at the invitation of Dionysius I's brother-in-law Dion.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1210249612#Art", "title": "388 BC", "revid": 1210249612, "section": "Events › By topic › Art"}}, {"year": -366, "year_label": "367 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Dionysius I of Syracuse dies and is succeeded as tyrant of the city by his son Dionysius II. As the younger Dionysius is weak and inexperienced, Dion, brother-in-law of the elder Dionysius, assumes control and persuades Plato, whose friendship he has acquired, to train the new tyrant in the practical application of his philosophical principles.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1291620451#Sicily", "title": "367 BC", "revid": 1291620451, "section": "Events › By place › Sicily"}}, {"year": -365, "year_label": "366 BCE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The experiment by Dion (brother-in-law of Dionysius I) and Plato to educate the new ruler of Syracuse, Dionysius II, in the practical application of Plato's philosophical principles fails and Dion and Plato are banished from Syracuse.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1300116023#Sicily", "title": "366 BC", "revid": 1300116023, "section": "Events › By place › Sicily"}}, {"year": -360, "year_label": "361 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Plato returns once more to Syracuse to teach the young Syracusan tyrant Dionysius II. He fails to reconcile the tyrant to Dion, who Dionysius II banished in 366 BC. Because of this, Plato is forced to flee Syracuse to save his life.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1226326183#Sicily", "title": "361 BC", "revid": 1226326183, "section": "Events › By place › Sicily"}}, {"year": -356, "year_label": "357 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The brother-in-law of Dionysius I, Dion, exiled from Syracuse in 366 BC by Dionysius II, assembles a force of 1,500 mercenaries at Zacynthus and sails to Sicily. Dion wrests power from the weak Dionysius II, who is exiled and flees to Locri.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1210250153#Sicily", "title": "357 BC", "revid": 1210250153, "section": "Events › By place › Sicily"}}, {"year": -353, "year_label": "354 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Reflecting the growing level of discontent with his tyrannical conduct, Dion is assassinated by Callippus, an Athenian who has accompanied him on his expedition to take over as tyrant of Syracuse. Dionysius II remains in exile in Italy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1291610084#Greece", "title": "354 BC", "revid": 1291610084, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -353, "year_label": "354 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Dion, Greek tyrant of Syracuse (assassinated) (b. c. 408 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1291610084#Deaths", "title": "354 BC", "revid": 1291610084, "section": "Deaths"}}]}