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Timaeus was born c. 356 [3] or c. 350 BC [2] [5] in Tauromenium (modern Taormina, in eastern Sicily), to a wealthy and influential Greek family.His father, Andromachus, was a dynast who had refounded Tauromenium in 358 with former inhabitants of Naxos (destroyed by Dionysius I in 403), and ruled there with Timoleon's support.
Timoleon sets sail for Sicily (as depicted in Children's Plutarch, 1900). Timoleon was a member of the Corinthian oligarchy. [4] In the mid 360s BC, Timophanes, the brother of Timoleon, took possession of the acropolis of Corinth and effectively made himself tyrant of the city.
The Timaeus was translated into Latin first by Marcus Tullius Cicero around 45 BC (sections 27d–47b), [11] and later by Calcidius in the 4th century AD (up to section 53c). Cicero's fragmentary translation was highly influential in late antiquity, especially on Latin-speaking Church Fathers such as Saint Augustine who did not appear to have ...
[2] [1] His son, Timaeus, was born ca. 356 or 350. Andromachus is said to have maintained control at Tauromenium through moderate rule. [2] In 344, he assisted Timoleon in his expedition against Dionysius (Diod. xvi. 7, 68; Plut. Timol. 10). [2] [1] He remained in power at Tauromenium after Timoleon liberated Sicily. [2]
Timaeus (historian) (c. 345 BC-c. 250 BC), Greek historian from Tauromenium in Sicily; Timaeus the Sophist, Greek philosopher who lived sometime between the 1st and 4th centuries, supposed writer of a lexicon of Platonic words; Timaeus, mentioned in Mark 10:46 as the father of Bartimaeus; Timaeus (crater), a lunar crater named after the philosopher
In 358 BC Andromachus, the father of the historian Timaeus, collected the Naxian exiles together again from all parts of the island and established them at Tauromenium which became the successor of the ancient Naxos. [26] Hence Pliny the Elder speaks of Tauromenium as having been formerly called Naxos which is not strictly correct. [27]
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Conversely, Timaeus of Tauromenium (writing c. 300 BCE) considers the Sicani to be indigenous to Sicily. [6] A third theory, put forward by some modern scholars, suggests that the Sicani were immigrants, who gained control of areas previously inhabited by native tribes. [7]