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Encyclopedia > 214 BC

Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC


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  • Diophantus, mathematician
  • Hieronymus, grandson of Hiero II of Syracuse and tyrant (assassination)



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332 BC Phoenicia, Tyre: During the siege of the trade capital of Phoenicia by the Greeks a fleet of flying shields is described as plunged from the sky and crashed upon the city walls.
BC Rome: Glowing lamps were seen in the sky at Praeneste, a shield was observed at Arpi and in the Amiterno district, the sky was all on fire, and men in white garments appear.
Leontini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (480 words)
It was reduced to subjection in 498 BC by Hippocrates of Gela, and in 476 BC [Hiero I of Syracuse
It was mainly the eloquence of Gorgias of Leontini which led to the abortive Athenian expedition of 427 BC.
Its independence was guaranteed by the treaty of 405 BC between Dionysius and the Carthaginians, but it very soon lost it again.
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