Hiero I of Syracuse
Tyrant of Syracuse from 478 to 467 BC
7 dated entries naming Hiero I of Syracuse, drawn from 6 separate years between 485 BCE and 460 BCE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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5th century BC
- 485 BCEGelo, 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.source
- 478 BCEHiero I (Hieron) becomes the Tyrant of Syracuse following the death of his brother Gelo.source
- 476 BCEThe 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.source
- 474 BCEHiero 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.source
- 474 BCEHiero builds Castello Aragonese on the island of Ischia.source
- 467 BCEAfter the death of his brother Hiero I, Thrasybulus becomes Tyrant of Syracuse.source
- 460 BCEDucetius, 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.source