{"slug": "gelo", "label": "Gelo", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelo", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [-490, -477], "span_label": ["491 BCE", "478 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "syracuse-sicily", "label": "Syracuse, Sicily", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "sicily", "label": "Sicily", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "gela", "label": "Gela", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "athens", "label": "Athens", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sparta", "label": "Sparta", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "carthage", "label": "Carthage", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "achaemenid-empire", "label": "Achaemenid Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thebes-greece", "label": "Thebes, Greece", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aegina", "label": "Aegina", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "leonidas-i", "label": "Leonidas I", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "agrigento", "label": "Agrigento", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -490, "year_label": "491 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Hippocrates, tyrant of Gela, loses his life in a battle against the Siculi, the native Sicilian people. He is succeeded as Tyrant of Gela by Gelo, who had been his commander of cavalry.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364322520#Sicily", "title": "491 BC", "revid": 1364322520, "section": "Events › By place › Sicily"}}, {"year": -484, "year_label": "485 BCE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Gelo, the tyrant of Gela, takes advantage of an appeal by the descendants of the first colonist of Syracuse, the Gamoroi, who had held power until they were expelled by the Killichiroi, the lower class of the city. He makes himself master of that city, leaving his brother Hieron to control Gela.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360598373#Sicily", "title": "485 BC", "revid": 1360598373, "section": "Events › By place › Sicily"}}, {"year": -482, "year_label": "483 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Gelo, the tyrant of Syracuse conquers the nearby Sicilian cities of Euboea and Megara Hyblaea, selling their common people into slavery and bringing their oligarchs to Syracuse.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342607703#Sicily", "title": "483 BC", "revid": 1342607703, "section": "Events › By place › Sicily"}}, {"year": -480, "year_label": "481 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Congress at the Isthmus of Corinth, under the presidency of Sparta, brings together a number of the Greek city states, who agree to the end of the war between Athens and Aegina. They also discuss the threat from the Persians. Athens is unwilling to place her forces under Sparta and its king Leonidas. Gelo, tyrant of Syracuse, wants high command, but Sparta and Athens refuse. However, during the Congress, Gelo has to withdraw due to Carthage's plans to invade Sicily. Finally, Themistocles agrees that Athens' navy serve under a Spartan admiral to achieve the unity of the Greek states. Nevertheless, Thebes and Thessaly are unwilling to support Athens against the Persians and Crete decides to remain neutral.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350129369#Greece", "title": "481 BC", "revid": 1350129369, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -479, "year_label": "480 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Greek city of Himera in Sicily, in its quarrel with Akragas, enlists Carthaginian support. With the help of Gelo, the tyrant of Syracusae, and Theron of Akragas, the Carthaginians are defeated in the Battle of Himera. After the defeat, Hamilcar kills himself.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342344662#Sicily", "title": "480 BC", "revid": 1342344662, "section": "Events › By place › Sicily"}}, {"year": -477, "year_label": "478 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Hiero I (Hieron) becomes the Tyrant of Syracuse following the death of his brother Gelo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350129370#Sicily", "title": "478 BC", "revid": 1350129370, "section": "Events › By place › Sicily"}}, {"year": -477, "year_label": "478 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Gelo, tyrant of the cities of Gela and Syracuse in Sicily", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350129370#Deaths", "title": "478 BC", "revid": 1350129370, "section": "Deaths"}}]}