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Hiero II
king of Syracuse
Years: 308BCE - 215BCE
Hiero II (c. 308 BCE – 215 BCE), king of Syracuse from 270 to 215 BCE, is the illegitimate son of a Syracusan noble, Hierocles, who claims descent from Gelon.
He is a former general of Pyrrhus of Epirus and an important figure of the First Punic War.
