Agathocles of Syracuse information

Agathocles (Greek: Ἀγαθοκλῆς, Agathoklḗs; 361–289 BC) was a Greek tyrant of Syracuse (317–289 BC) and self-styled king of Sicily (304–289 BC). Agathocles...

Cicero Agathocles of Pella, father of Lysimachus Agathocles, one of the sons of Agathocles of Syracuse from his first marriage Agathocles (son of Lysimachus)...

Battle of White Tunis was fought between Carthage and the tyrant Agathocles of Syracuse in 310 BC. It was the first large battle of the Agathocles' military...

(337-317). The name is misleading; for at least some of the period Syracuse was run as an oligarchy. Agathocles (317 BCE–289 BCE) Numismatic evidence suggests...

Great, led a campaign against Agathocles of Syracuse during the Third Sicilian War. He defeated Agathocles in the Battle of the Himera River in 311 BC....

during battles by other Greek cities, such as in the victory of Agathocles of Syracuse over the Carthaginians in 310 BC—in which owls flying through...

Siege of Syracuse. Pyrrhus was proclaimed king of Sicily. He was already making plans for his son Helenus, a grandson of Agathocles of Syracuse through...

of Syracuse c. 357-355 BC Heracleides, 317 BC, a Syracusan leader who sustained Sosistratus in 317 BC Heracleides, uncle of Agathocles, an uncle of Agathocles...

southwest corner of the island. In 315 BC, Carthage found itself on the defensive in Sicily, as Agathocles of Syracuse broke the terms of the peace treaty...

included a life of Agathocles of Syracuse and a number of treatises on literary and artistic subjects. Duris claimed to be a descendant of Alcibiades. He...

Greek ruler of Syracuse and later king of Sicily. Theoxena married Agathocles as his third and final wife. From her marriage to Agathocles, reveals and...

the city of Hipponion destroyed, and authority of the city subsequently passed to Ancient Carthage, tribe Bruttii, Greek Agathocles of Syracuse, and then...

Battle of White Tunis, which took place in North Africa against King Agathocles of Syracuse, one wing of Carthaginian forces was composed of the Sacred...

which Agathocles retained control of the eastern half of the island. After Agathocles sued for peace, Carthage enjoyed a brief, unchallenged period of control...

half-sister of the Greek Egyptian Pharaoh Ptolemy II Philadelphus.[citation needed] Oenanthe bore Agathocles four children who were: one son, Agathocles of Egypt;...

opponents' fleet. Leptines, one of Agathocles' generals, defeats Xenodocus for the second time. Agathocles purges Syracuse of his opponents; 500 citizens...

(son of Agathocles of Syracuse) (flourished 4th century BC), a Syracusan Greek Prince and first son of Agathocles of Syracuse Archagathus (grandson of Agathocles...

Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also List of Roman battles Sherman Storytelling:...

tortured to death and beheaded, with his head sent to Agathocles in Africa. However, Agathocles did not have enough troops to launch an attack on Carthage...

origin, founder of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt.[citation needed] Ailymas, Numidian chieftain or King, ally of Agathocles of Syracuse.[citation needed]...

the Strait of Gibraltar and Phoenicia and as a market for the inland products of the area. Diodorus Siculus write that Agathocles of Syracuse conquered...

Dionysius of Halicarnassus gave some details of the behaviour of Pyrrhus. He seized the estates of Agathocles of Syracuse from the relatives and friends who had...

few mentions of Segesta till the time of Agathocles of Syracuse, under whom it suffered a great calamity. The despot landed in the West of Sicily on his...