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The Tyrants of Syracuse: Vol. II, 367-211 BC

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That is the story of one of the crucial necessary classical cities, Syracuse, and its struggles (both internal and external) for freedom and survival. Located on the heart of the Mediterranean, Syracuse was once caught in the middle as Carthage, Pyrrhus of Epirus, Athens and then Rome battled to gain keep watch over of Sicily. The specter of expansionist enemies on all sides made for a tumultuous situation within the city, resulting in repeated coups that threw up a series of remarkable tyrants, such as Gelon, Timoleon and Dionysius. On this first volume Jeff Champion traces the course of Syracuse’s wars under the tyrants from the Battle of Himera (480 BC) against the Carthaginians down to the death of Dionysius I (367 BC), whose reign proved to be the high tide of the city’s power and influence. One of the crucial highlights along the way is the city’s heroic resistance to, and eventual decisive defeat of, the Athenian expeditionary force that besieged them for over two years (415-413 BC), an event with massive ramifications for the Greek world. That is the eventful life story of One of the crucial forgotten major powers of the ancient Mediterranean world.

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