Hiero II of Syracuse
308 BC –215 BC
Politician, Military leader
Lived 93 years
- Born in
- Syracuse
- Passed away in
- Syracuse
Hiero II ( ; also Hieron ; Ancient Greek: Ἱέρων; c. 308 BC – 215 BC) was the Greek tyrant of Syracuse, Greek Sicily, from 275 to 215 BC, and 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. He figures in the story of famed thinker Archimedes shouting "Eureka".
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