Dionysius II of Syracuse

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Dionysius II of Syracuse was a 4th-century BC tyrant of Syracuse whose troubled and often ineffectual rule contrasted with that of his powerful father and led to political instability and eventual exile.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 4th-century BC ruler ⓘ
ancient Greek person ⓘ
ruler ⓘ
tyrant ⓘ
associatedWith Dion of Syracuse ⓘ
Plato ⓘ
birthPlace Sicily ⓘ
Syracuse ⓘ
causeOfDownfall internal political opposition ⓘ
military defeat by Timoleon ⓘ
citizenship Syracuse ⓘ
conflict conflict with Carthage ⓘ
linked to: Punic Sicily

struggles with Syracusan aristocracy ⓘ
country Syracuse ⓘ
deathPlace Corinth ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
education influenced by Platonic philosophy ⓘ
endTime 344 BC ⓘ
357 BC ⓘ
father Dionysius I of Syracuse ⓘ
governmentForm tyranny ⓘ
historicalReputation dependent on advisers ⓘ
weak ruler ⓘ
historicalSource Diodorus Siculus ⓘ
Plutarch ⓘ
house Dionysian dynasty ⓘ
knownFor eventual exile from Syracuse ⓘ
ineffectual rule compared to Dionysius I ⓘ
political instability in Syracuse ⓘ
languageSpoken Ancient Greek ⓘ
lost control of Syracuse twice ⓘ
name Dionysios II of Syracuse ⓘ
Dionysius II of Syracuse ⓘ
notableEvent exile in Corinth ⓘ
final expulsion by Timoleon ⓘ
first deposition in 357 BC ⓘ
restoration to power in 346 BC ⓘ
positionHeld ruler of Syracuse ⓘ
tyrant of Syracuse ⓘ
powerBase Syracuse ⓘ
predecessor Dionysius I of Syracuse ⓘ
regionRuled eastern Sicily ⓘ
reign 346 BC–344 BC ⓘ
367 BC–357 BC ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
startTime 367 BC ⓘ
successor Timoleon ⓘ
linked to: Timoleon of Corinth
timePeriod 4th century BC ⓘ

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Dionysius I of Syracuse → child → Dionysius II of Syracuse ⓘ
Dionysius I of Syracuse → successor → Dionysius II of Syracuse ⓘ
Syracuse, Sicily → governedBy → Tyrant Dionysius II of Syracuse ⓘ
linked to: Dionysius II of Syracuse
Syracuse → wasHomeOf → Tyrant Dionysius II of Syracuse ⓘ
linked to: Dionysius II of Syracuse
Life of Dion → hasCharacter → Dionysius II of Syracuse ⓘ
Syracusans → notableRuler → Dionysius II of Syracuse ⓘ
Aristomache of Syracuse → relative → Dionysius II of Syracuse ⓘ
Dionysius II of Syracuse → name → Dionysius II of Syracuse ⓘ
Dionysius II of Syracuse → name → Dionysios II of Syracuse ⓘ
linked to: Dionysius II of Syracuse
Plato's circle → hasMember → Dionysius II of Syracuse ⓘ
Seventh Letter → focusesOnPerson → Dionysius II of Syracuse ⓘ
Syracuse–Carthage rivalry → notableCommander → Dionysius II of Syracuse ⓘ