During the Expedition of the Ten Thousand, Sosis led three hundred hoplites from this city, whose lower class, known as the Killichiroi, expelled its ruling Gamoroi.
During the Expedition of the Ten Thousand, Sosis led three hundred hoplites from this city, whose lower class, known as the Killichiroi, expelled its ruling Gamoroi. A Deinomenid leader of this city won a battle partly by sending troops to pose as allies from the city of Selinus; that leader was Gelo. Gylippus was enlisted to defend this city, which was besieged by Marcus Claudius Marcellus in 214 BCE. A Corinthian named (*) Timoleon became a ruler of this city that sparked the First Punic War by defeating the Mamertines. This city was once led by Hiero II and won the battle of Himera against Hamilcar I. This city, home to two tyrants named Dionysius, was the main target of an expedition led by Nicias which ended in a crushing defeat for Athens during the Peloponnesian War. For 10 points, name this Corinthian colony, a large city on Sicily.
During the Expedition of the Ten Thousand, Sosis led three hundred hoplites from this city, whose lower class, known as the Killichiroi, expelled its ruling Gamoroi.
Syracuse (or Syracusae; or Syrakousai; or Siracusa)