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Hieron I (Gr****: Ἱέρων Α΄;
usually Latinized Hiero) was the son of Deinomenes, the
brother of
Gelon and
tyrant of
Syracuse in Sicily, from 478 to 467 BC...
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Geloans would shut him out, but sent in his
troops a few at a time to
trick them. When his
troops eventually surp****ed
those of the
Geloans, he took...
- Gela
would turn
against him, took over the city,
executed 4,000
leading Geloans he
suspected of treason, and
confiscated their property. The
Second Samnite...
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Gelon also
known as Gelo (Gr****: Γέλων Gelon, gen.: Γέλωνος; died 478 BC), son of Deinomenes, was a Gr****
tyrant of the
Sicilian cities Gela and Syracuse...
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again depo****ted by Gelo, and
settled once more for the
third time by the
Geloans. The most reliably-attested
events related to the city are as follows;...
- that the town was
founded by
Monon (Μόνων). Herodotus,
tells us that some
Geloan citizens banished to
Mactorium and
Telines (Τηλίνης), an
ancestor of Gelon...
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Retrieved 16
March 2019.
Attested by
chance finds of Corinthian, Ionic, and
Geloan pottery and figurines, now in the
museums of
Palermo and
Agrigento (Stillwell)...
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exterminated by
Roman army Gela m****acre 311 BC Gela 4,000 Agathocles' army 4,000
Geloans slaughtered by
Agathocles and
their property stolen 1st
Cluviae m****acre...
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Archestratus (Gr****: Ἀρχέστρατος Archestratos) was an
ancient Gr**** poet of Gela or Syracuse,
Magna Graecia, in Sicily, who
wrote some time in the mid...
- for
possession of Camarina. It was destro**** by Gela in 484 BC but the
Geloans founded it anew in 461 BC,
under the
Olympic charioteer Psaumis of Camarina...
