1) Tyrant of old Syracuse
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tyrant of the cities of Gela (491–485) and Syracuse (485–478) in Sicily.[2 related articles]
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(c. 540-478 BC) Tyrant of Syracuse. Gelon took power in Gela, then capital of Sicily, in 491, and then transferred the capital to Syracuse. He refused to help the mainland Greeks against Xerxes in 480 BC, but later...
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Gelon was an ancient Greek ruler. He was tyrant of Gela, and afterwards of Syrracuse. Afetr the death of Hippocrates, tyrant of Gela, he seized the sovereign power in 491 BC, and about 485 BC gained possession of Syracuse. From this time he bent all his energies to the aggrandizement of his new Capitol, the power and importance of which he greatly ...
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Tyrant of Syracuse. Gelon took power in Gela, then capital of Sicily, in 491, and then transferred the capital to Syracuse. He refused to help the mainland Greeks against Xerxes in 480 BC, but later the same year defeated the Carthaginians under Hamilcar Barca at Himera, on the north coast of Sicily, leaving Syracuse as the leading city in the west...
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