Hiero I of Syracuse

Hiero I of Syracuse in Wikipedia

Hieron I (Ἱέρων in Greek) was the son of Deinomenes, the brother of Gelon and tyrant of Syracuse in Sicily from 478 to 467 BC. In succeeding Gelon, he conspired against a third brother Polyzelos. During his reign, he greatly increased the power of Syracuse. He removed the inhabitants of Naxos and Catana to Leontini, peopled Catana (which he renamed...

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Hiero II of Syracuse in Wikipedia

Hieron II (c. 308 – 215 BC), king of Syracuse from 270 to 215 BC, was the illegitimate son of a Syracusan noble, Hierocles, who claimed descent from Gelon. He was a former general of Pyrrhus of Epirus and an important figure of the First Punic War.[1] On the departure of Pyrrhus from Sicily (275 BC) the Syracusan army and citizens appointed him co...

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