Syracuse Timeline

Corinth founds the colony of Syracuse in Sicily.

Gelon is tyrant of Syracuse.

Tyrant of Syracuse Gelon defeats the Carthaginians at the battle of Himera.

Hiero I is tyrant of Syracuse.

An Etruscan fleet is defeated by the navy of Syracuse at the Battle of Cumae.

Athenian expedition to attack Syracuse.

Dionysius becomes tyrant in Syracuse, Sicily.

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

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

Syracuse attacks the ports of the Etruscan city of Cerveteri.

Plato's second trip to Syracuse.

Dionysius II becomes tyrant of Syracuse, Sicily.

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

Dion becomes tyrant of Syracuse.

Dionysius II is once again tyrant of Syracuse.

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

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

Agathocles is exiled from Syracuse.

Agathocles of Syracuse declares himself strategos auotkrator.

Agathocles takes power in Syracuse.

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

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

Syracuse defeats a Carthaginian army in Sicily and kills their general Hamilcar.

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

Syracusan tyrant Agathocles sacks the city of Segesta.

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

Agathocles declares himself king of Syracuse.

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

Agathocles of Syracuse campaigns in Italy and captures Bruttium.

Agathocles of Syracuse captures Croton in southern Italy.

Agathocles of Syracuse dies from poison or illness.

Hicetus becomes tyrant of Syracuse.

Hiero II is tyrant of Syracuse.

Syracuse joins the side of Carthage in the Second Punic War.

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

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

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