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Dionysius the Elder   /dˌaɪənˈɪsiəs ðə ˈɛldər/   Listen
Dionysius the Elder

noun
1.
The tyrant of Syracuse who fought the Carthaginians (430-367 BC).  Synonym: Dionysius.






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... Lucanians, all should furnish contingents, and that the leaders of contingents which failed to appear should suffer the punishment of death. But even the union of Magna Graecia no longer availed; for the ruler of Syracuse, Dionysius the Elder, made common cause with the Italians against his countrymen. While Dionysius wrested from the fleets of Magna Graecia the mastery of the Italian seas, one Greek city after another was occupied or annihilated by the Italians. In an incredibly ...
— The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5) • Theodor Mommsen



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