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Known far
and wide as the Tyrant of Syracuse, Agotocle, political genius and soldier,
was born in Reggio about 360 B.C. He lived there with his father Carcinom,
receiving a liberal education and soon revealing himself as an able
orator. He moved to Syracuse, and in 316 BC, by surviving a bloody plot,
he took possession of the kingdom and became know as the Tyrant of Some years later he assumed the title of king and started the political activity necessary to unite all of Greek Sicily and to defend the island from the Carthaginian threat and from the Italic tribes. The History of his astonishing ability as strategist would merit a longer study. It is sufficient to say that he succeded in defeating the Carthaginians many times on their own field anticipating the tactics followed by Scipione the African. He was able to establish his own rule over Sicily, with the exception of Agrigento, and execute a wise and mild government. While he was about to face new external threats, he died fof a serious illnes in 289 B.C. With his death, anarchy reigned again over all of Sicily. |
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