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Dionysius I or Dionysius the Elder (c. 432 – 367 BC) was a Greek tyrant of Syracuse, Sicily. He conquered several cities in Sicily and southern Italy, opposed Carthage's influence in Sicily and made Syracuse the most powerful of the Western Greek colonies. He was regarded by the ancients as the worst kind of despot: cruel, suspicious, and ...
Dionysius II of Syracuse was the son of Dionysius the Elder and Doris of Locri.When his father died in 367 BC, Dionysius, who was at the time under thirty years old, and completely inexperienced in public affairs, [1] inherited the supreme power and began ruling under the supervision of his uncle, Dion, whose disapproval of the young Dionysius's lavishly dissolute lifestyle compelled him to ...
Damocles was a courtier in the court of Dionysius I of Syracuse, [3] a ruler of Syracuse, Sicily, Magna Graecia, during the classical Greek era. The anecdote apparently figured in the lost history of Sicily by Timaeus of Tauromenium ( c. 356 – c. 260 BC ).
Dionysius II of Syracuse, tyrant of Syracuse from 367 BC to 357 BC and again from 346 BC to 344 BC.; son of Dionysius I Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name.
Between 405 BC and 397 BC, Dionysius took steps to increase the power of Syracuse, dealt with attempts to overthrow him and made Syracuse the best defended city in the whole Greek world. To counter Carthaginian expertise in siege warfare, Dionysius built a wall enclosing the whole Epipolae Platue, built forts to house troops and surrounded the ...
Dion of Syracuse, 408–354 BC, tyrant of Syracuse; Dionysius (ambassador), 3rd century BC, ambassador to the court of the Indian ruler Ashoka; Dionysius (Athenian Commander), an Athenian naval commander during the Corinthian War; Dionysius I of Syracuse (c. 432 – 367 BC), also called Dionysius the Elder, ruler of Syracuse in Sicily
Dionysius II may refer to: Dionysius II of Syracuse (c. 397 BC – 343 BC), tyrant of Syracuse; Patriarch Dionysius II of Antioch, Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch in 896–909; Patriarch Dionysius II of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch in 1546–1556; Mar Dionysius II (1742–1816), Malankara Metropolitan 1815–1816
Mercenaries such as the Sileraioi were essential to tyrants, in particular Dionysius I of Syracuse. Dionysius the Elder's victory over the democratic faction in Syracuse represents both the very worst and the very best of the mercenary leader. Dionysius’ career as a despot occurred after he was given six hundred personal mercenaries to guard ...