Hiero I, tyrant of Syracuse, Sicily, 478 to 467 BC

Hiero I, or Hieron I, tyrant of Syracuse, Sicily, 478 to 467 BC. Son of Deinomenes, and brother of Gelon. He sided with the Cumaeans in their battle against the Etruscans at the Battle of Cumae 474 BC. Head of a man wearing royal diadem from a bronze medal. Hierone. Copperplate engraving by Guillaume Vallet after Giovanni Angelo Canini from Iconografia, cioe disegni d'imagini de famosissimi monarchi, regi, filososi, poeti ed oratori dell Antichita, Drawings of images of famous monarchs, kings, philosophers, poets and orators of Antiquity, Ignatio de'Lazari, Rome, 1699

1699 17th Century 5th Century Bc Classical Mythology Etruscans Filososi Giovanni Angelo Canini Greek Myth Guillaume Vallet Iconografia Ignatio Delazari Orator Poeti Ed Oratori Dell Antichita Regi Roman Myth Royal Diadem

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