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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 ...
The siege of Syracuse from 344 to 343/342 BC was part of a war between the Syracusan general Hicetas and the tyrant of Syracuse, Dionysius II. The conflict became more complex when Carthage and Corinth became involved. The Carthaginians had made an alliance with Hicetas to expand their power in Sicily.
Dion hoped that Dionysius I would hand over the rule of Syracuse to him or to his family. However, his attempt to influence Dionysius I was stopped by Dionysius I's doctors who supported the younger Dionysius II. On hearing of Dion's plans, Dionysius II then deliberately poisoned his father, who was unable to utter another word before passing away.
After Dion had fled from Syracuse during the reign of the younger Dionysius, Arete was compelled by her brother to marry Timocrates of Syracuse, one of his friends; but she was again received by Dion as his wife, when he had obtained possession of Syracuse and expelled the younger Dionysius, Dionysius II of Syracuse.
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 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
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.
Dionysius I of Syracuse (c. 432 – 367 BC), also called Dionysius the Elder, ruler of Syracuse in Sicily; Dionysius II of Syracuse (c. 397 BC – 343 BC), also called Dionysius the Younger, son of the preceding; Dionysius of Heraclea, tyrant of Heraclea Pontica, 4th century BC