Timoleon (c. 411 - c. 337 BCE) was a Corinthian statesman and general who famously defeated the tyrant of Syracuse Dionysius II and an army of Carthage against the odds. Permanently settling on the island, he re-organized the governments of many Sicilian city-states by giving them political freedom and so set the foundations for a period of sustained prosperity thereafter. He is the subject of one of Plutarch's Lives biographies and ancient writers were remarkably consistent in their unstinting praise for Timoleon the tyrannt-slayer.
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c. 411 BCE - c. 337 BCELife of Corinthian general Timoleon.
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344 BCETimoleon defeats Dionysius II of Syracuse and establishes an oligarchy government.
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c. 341 BCETimoleon defeats a Carthaginian army at the battle of Crimisus in Sicily.
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339 BCEGela on Sicily is rebuilt by the Corinthian general Timoleon.
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338 BCETimoleon agrees a peace treaty with Carthage over their control of Sicily.
