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733 BCE

Corinth founds the colony of Syracuse in Sicily.
491 BCE - 478 BCE

Gelon is tyrant of Syracuse.
480 BCE

Tyrant of Syracuse Gelon defeats the Carthaginians at the battle of Himera.
478 BCE - 467 BCE

Hiero I is tyrant of Syracuse.
474 BCE

An Etruscan fleet is defeated by the navy of Syracuse at the Battle of Cumae.
415 BCE - 413 BCE

Athenian expedition to attack Syracuse.
405 BCE

Dionysius becomes tyrant in Syracuse, Sicily.
c. 398 BCE - c. 380 BCE

Plato travels in Egypt, Cyrene, Italy, Syracuse and Sicily.
397 BCE

Dionysius I of Syracuse employs wheeled seige towers and bolt throwers for the first time in Greek warfare at the seige of Motya.
384 BCE

Syracuse attacks the ports of the Etruscan city of Cerveteri.
367 BCE

Plato's second trip to Syracuse.
367 BCE

Dionysius II becomes tyrant of Syracuse, Sicily.
361 BCE

Final attempt by Plato to make Syracusan king a philosopher-king.
356 BCE

Dion becomes tyrant of Syracuse.
346 BCE

Dionysius II is once again tyrant of Syracuse.
344 BCE

Timoleon defeats Dionysius II of Syracuse and establishes an oligarchy government.
344 BCE

Corcyra contributes two ships to Timoleon's fleet which attacked Syracuse.
c. 330 BCE

Agathocles is exiled from Syracuse.
319 BCE

Agathocles of Syracuse declares himself strategos auotkrator.
317 BCE

Agathocles takes power in Syracuse.
311 BCE

A Carthaginian army defeats Agathocles of Syracuse near Gela, Sicily.
310 BCE

Agathocles of Syracuse lands an army of 14,000 in North Africa.
309 BCE

Syracuse defeats a Carthaginian army in Sicily and kills their general Hamilcar.
309 BCE - 308 BCE

Agathocles of Syracuse successfuly campaigns in North Africa defeating Carthaginian armies and taking Utica and Hippacra.
307 BCE

Syracusan tyrant Agathocles sacks the city of Segesta.
307 BCE

Carthage defeats the army of Agathocles of Syracuse led by Archagathus while Agathocles is in Sicily.
306 BCE

Agathocles declares himself king of Syracuse.
306 BCE

Carthage and Agathocles of Syracuse sign a peace treaty and divide Sicily between them.
300 BCE

Agathocles of Syracuse campaigns in Italy and captures Bruttium.
295 BCE

Agathocles of Syracuse captures Croton in southern Italy.
289 BCE

Agathocles of Syracuse dies from poison or illness.
288 BCE

Hicetus becomes tyrant of Syracuse.
270 BCE - 215 BCE

Hiero II is tyrant of Syracuse.
214 BCE

Syracuse joins the side of Carthage in the Second Punic War.
213 BCE - 212 BCE

Roman commander Marcus Claudius Marcellus lays seige to and ultimately sacks Syracuse.
211 BCE

Marcus Claudius Marcellus is given a triumph for his capture of Syracuse and victories in Sicily.
201 BCE

Syracuse joins the Roman Republic, province of Sicily is formed.