Dionysius I or Dionysius the Elder was a Greek tyrant of Syracuse, Sicily. He conquered several cities in Sicily and southern Italy, opposed Carthage's influence in Sicily and made Syracuse the most powerful of the Western Greek colonies. Wikipedia
Born: Syracuse, Italy
Died: 367 BC, Syracuse, Italy
Grandchildren: Apollocrates and Hipparinus
Children: Dionysius II of Syracuse, Hipparinus, and Arete
Partner: Aristomache and Doris of Locri
Parents: Hermocrates
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