{"slug": "hiero-i-of-syracuse", "label": "Hiero I of Syracuse", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiero_I_of_Syracuse", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335634", "qid": "Q335634", "description": "Tyrant of Syracuse from 478 to 467 BC", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [-484, -459], "span_label": ["485 BCE", "460 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Hiero I"], "related": [{"slug": "syracuse-sicily", "label": "Syracuse, Sicily", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "sicily", "label": "Sicily", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "gelon", "label": "Gelon", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "italy", "label": "Italy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "campania", "label": "Campania", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "etruscan-civilization", "label": "Etruscan civilization", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pindar", "label": "Pindar", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sicels", "label": "Sicels", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "catania", "label": "Catania", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ducetius", "label": "Ducetius", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gela", "label": "Gela", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"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": -477, "year_label": "478 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "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": -475, "year_label": "476 BCE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Greek poet Pindar visits Sicily and is made welcome at the courts of Theron of Acragas and Hieron I of Syracuse. They commission some of his greatest poetry. It is through these connections that Pindar's reputation spreads all over the Greek world.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350129376#Literature", "title": "476 BC", "revid": 1350129376, "section": "Events › By topic › Literature"}}, {"year": -473, "year_label": "474 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Hiero I, tyrant of Syracuse, allied with naval forces from the maritime Greek cities of southern Italy defeats the Etruscan navy in the Battle of Cumae as the Etruscans try to capture the Greek city of Cumae. This victory marks the end of the Etruscan aggression against the Greeks in southern Italy and saves the Greeks of Campania from Etruscan domination.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360598367#Italy", "title": "474 BC", "revid": 1360598367, "section": "Events › By place › Italy"}}, {"year": -473, "year_label": "474 BCE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Hiero builds Castello Aragonese on the island of Ischia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360598367#Italy", "title": "474 BC", "revid": 1360598367, "section": "Events › By place › Italy"}}, {"year": -466, "year_label": "467 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "After the death of his brother Hiero I, Thrasybulus becomes Tyrant of Syracuse.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362862672#Sicily", "title": "467 BC", "revid": 1362862672, "section": "Events › By place › Sicily"}}, {"year": -459, "year_label": "460 BCE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Ducetius, a Hellenised leader of the Siculi, an ancient people of Sicily, takes advantage of the confusion that follows the collapse of the tyranny in Syracuse and other Sicilian states. With the support of the Syracusan democracy, he drives out the colonists of the former tyrant Hieron from Catana and restores it to its original inhabitants.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354173290#Siculi", "title": "460 BC", "revid": 1354173290, "section": "Events › Siculi"}}]}