person
Gelo
also: Gelo
Eldest son of Hiero of Syracuse, who despised his father's age and the Roman alliance and went over to Carthage; his sudden, suspiciously timely death checked the revolt of Sicily.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 23 §30 Gelo, the eldest of the stock
Eldest son of Hiero of Syracuse, who despised his father's age and the Roman alliance and went over to Carthage; his sudden, suspiciously timely death checked the revolt of Sicily.
- The History of Rome, Book 24 §5 his son Gelo
Eldest son of Hiero, who had died before him; his daughter Harmonia married into the later conspiracy.