Hieronymus, tyrant of Syracuse

Hieronymus, 231 - "214 BC, tyrant king of Syracuse, Sicily, who succeeded his grandfather, Hiero II, in 215 BC. Assassinated by Deinomenes in 214 BC. Pictured with a diadem from a coin. Copperplate engraving by Pieter Bodart (1676-1712) from Henricus Spoor's Deorum et Heroum, Virorum et Mulierum Illustrium Imagines Antiquae Illustatae, Gods and Heroes, Men and Women, Illustrated with Antique Images, Petrum, Amsterdam, 1715. First published as FavissE utriusque antiquitatis tam RomanE quam GrEcE in 1707. Henricus Spoor was a Dutch physician, classical scholar, poet and writer, fl. 1694-1716

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