| Siege of Syracuse | ||||||||
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| Part of The Sicilian Wars | ||||||||
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| Belligerents | ||||||||
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Leontini Carthage | Syracuse |
Corinth Tauromenium Adranum Tyndaris Catana | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
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Hicetas Mago | Dionysius II | Timoleon | ||||||
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Carthaginians: 60,000 infantry 150 ships | 2,000 | 6,400 | ||||||
The siege of Syracuse from 344 to 343/342 BC was part of a war between the Syracusan general Hicetas and the tyrant of Syracuse, Dionysius II. The conflict became more complex when Carthage and Corinth became involved. The Carthaginians had made an alliance with Hicetas to expand their power in Sicily. Somewhat later, the Corinthian general Timoleon arrived in Sicily to restore democracy to Syracuse. With the assistance of several other Sicilian Greek cities, Timoleon emerged victorious and reinstated a democratic regime in Syracuse. The siege is described by the ancient historians Diodorus Siculus and Plutarch, but there are important differences in their accounts.