- the
Geloans would shut him out, but sent in his
troops a few at a time to
trick them. When his
troops eventually surp****ed
those of the
Geloans, he took...
-
Deinomenes was the
father of
Hieron I, Gelo (or Gelon), Thrasyboulos, and Polyzelos. The
historian Herodotus writes that his
ancestors came from the island...
-
Hiero I (/ˈhaɪəroʊ/; also
Hieron /ˈhaɪərɒn/;
Ancient Gr****: Ἱέρων) was the son of Deinomenes, the
brother of
Gelon and
tyrant of
Syracuse in Sicily, from...
- for
possession of Camarina. It was destro**** by Gela in 484 BC but the
Geloans founded it anew in 461 BC,
under the
Olympic charioteer Psaumis of Camarina...
-
Hippocrates (Gr****: Ἱπποκράτης; died 491 BC) was the
second tyrant of Gela,
Magna Graecia, and
ruled from 498 BC to 491 BC. He was the
brother of Cleander...
- that the town was
founded by
Monon (Μόνων). Herodotus,
tells us that some
Geloan citizens banished to
Mactorium and
Telines (Τηλίνης), an
ancestor of Gelon...
-
again depo****ted by Gelo, and
settled once more for the
third time by the
Geloans. The most reliably-attested
events related to the city are as follows;...
-
exterminated by
Roman army Gela m****acre 311 BC Gela 4,000 Agathocles' army 4,000
Geloans slaughtered by
Agathocles and
their property stolen 1st
Cluviae m****acre...
-
Gelon also
known as Gelo (Gr****: Γέλων Gelon, gen.: Γέλωνος; died 478 BC), son of Deinomenes, was a Gr****
tyrant of the
Sicilian cities Gela and Syracuse...
-
because of the
important closure between the
archaeological area and the
Geloan Fields.
During the
Middle Age,
Arabs built a
castle here; in 1030 it was...
