Timeline of Archimedes Back to . . . Archimedes Home Page Drexel University MCS Home Page All years are BC .
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289 Reign of Hiketas, tyrant of Syracuse, begins. 279 Reign of Hiketas ends. 278 Pyrrhos, king of Greek city of Epirus, rules over Syracuse and the rest of Greek Sicily. 276 Pyrrhos leaves Sicily. 275 Hiero executes military takeover of Syracuse.