people
the Syracusans
Syracusans
also: Syracusani
The people of Syracuse, the great Greek city of Sicily; after the death of Hieronymus their wavering between Rome and Carthage drew them into the siege by Marcellus.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 25 §24 Syracusans
The citizens of Syracuse, caught between Roman siege and the Carthaginian party of Epicydes.
- The History of Rome, Book 38 §32 Syracusans
The people of Syracuse in Sicily, who had earlier brought complaints against their conqueror M. Claudius Marcellus.