| 814 | Carthage founded by Phoenician colonists? (traditional date) |
| 753 | Rome founded by unified Latin tribes? (traditional date) |
| 734 | Syracuse founded by Greek colonists from Corinth?Archimedes full name Archimedes contribution to mathematics pdfArchimedes storyArchimedes' contribution in mathematicsWhen was archimedes born and died(traditional date) |
| 306 | Birth of Hiero, king of Syracuse? |
| 289 | Reign of Hiketas, tyrant of Syracuse, begins. |
| 287 | BIRTH OF ARCHIMEDES ? |
| 279 | Reign of Hiketas ends. |
| 278 | Pyrrhos, king of Greek city of Epirus, rules over Syracuse and the rest of Greek Sicily.
(See Plutarch's Life of Pyrrhos.) |
| 276 | Pyrrhos leaves Sicily. |
| 275 | Hiero executes military takeover of Syracuse. Hiero marries Philistis, daughter of Leptines, influential Syracusan? |
| 270 | Birth of Hiero's son Gelo? |
| 268 | Birth of Marcellus, consul of Rome and conqueror of Syracuse.
(See Plutarch's Life of Marcellus.) |
| 265 | Hiero defeats Mamertines (Italic mercenaries) and is declared king of Syracuse. |
| 264 | Beginning of First Punic War for control of Sicily.
Syracuse initially allied with Carthage against Rome
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