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Dionysius I
Greek tyrant of Syracuse
Years: 432BCE - 367BCE
Dionysius I or Dionysius the Elder (ca.
432–367 BCE) is a Greek tyrant of Syracuse, in what is now Sicily, southern Italy.
He conquers several cities in Sicily and southern Italy, opposes Carthage's influence in Sicily and makes Syracuse the most powerful of the Western Greek colonies.
Ancient writers regarded him as an example of the worst kind of despot—cruel, suspicious and vindictive.
