Syracuse

Reading notes

• The History of Rome, Book 22 §56 Syracusan coast

  Syracuse, the great Greek city of Sicily ruled by Hiero.

• The History of Rome, Book 24 §4 to leave Syracuse free

  The great Greek city of Sicily, whose revolution and war with Rome run through Book 24.

• The History of Rome, Book 25 §3 Syracuse

  The greatest Greek city of Sicily; its three-year siege and storming by Marcellus is the centerpiece of this book.

• The History of Rome, Book 26 §33 Syracuse

  The great Sicilian city taken by Marcellus, whose plundered art he parades in his ovation.

• The History of Rome, Book 27 §16 Syracuse

  The great Sicilian city, sacked by Marcellus in 212 BC; its art the benchmark for Tarentum's plunder.

• The History of Rome, Book 29 §1 Syracuse

  The great Sicilian city, taken by Marcellus; restored to order by Scipio.

• The History of Rome, Book 31 §24 Syracuse

  Syracuse, the great city of eastern Sicily, taken by Rome; cited in the dispute over Rome's 'alliances'.

• The History of Rome, Book 34 §1 Syracuse

  Sicilian city sacked by Marcellus in 211 BC; its plundered statues, Cato says, were tokens of corrupting luxury.

• The History of Rome, Book 35 §16 Syracuse

  Chief Greek city of Sicily, ruled since its capture by an annual Roman praetor.

• The History of Rome, Book 39 §5 Syracuse

  The great Greek city of Sicily, taken and famously stripped of its art by Marcellus in 211 BC—a precedent cited for Fulvius.