Syracuse, city of legends [electronic resource] : a glory of Sicily / Jeremy Dummett.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : I. B. Tauris : Distributed in the United States and Canada by Palgrave Macmillan, c2010.Description: xxvi, 245 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), mapsSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 945.814 22
LOC classification:
  • DG975.S9 D86 2010eb
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Contents:
Foundation and the rule of Gelon and Hiero I -- Athenian expedition to Sicily -- Dionysius I: tyrant and warlord -- Five more tyrants -- Hiero II and the Roman siege -- Cicero and the rise of Rome -- Saint Lucia and the early Christians -- Byzantium and the Arab Siege -- Outline to 1945 -- Modern Syracuse -- The Greek era -- The Roman era -- The early Christian era -- Baroque Syracuse -- Other important monuments.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-221) and index.

Foundation and the rule of Gelon and Hiero I -- Athenian expedition to Sicily -- Dionysius I: tyrant and warlord -- Five more tyrants -- Hiero II and the Roman siege -- Cicero and the rise of Rome -- Saint Lucia and the early Christians -- Byzantium and the Arab Siege -- Outline to 1945 -- Modern Syracuse -- The Greek era -- The Roman era -- The early Christian era -- Baroque Syracuse -- Other important monuments.

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