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commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Dionysius I of Syracuse

Battles of Dionysius I of Syracuse

Greek tyrant of Syracuse (c. 432 – 367 BC), 430 BC to 367 BC

Dionysius I of Syracuse is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 405 BC and 386 BC: 3 battles and 5 sieges, all in present-day Italy. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,094 km apart end to end, 156 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Second Greco-Carthaginian War (4), Greco-Carthaginian War (1).

Siege of SegestaBattle of ChrysasSiege of RhegiumBattle of GelaSiege of MotyaSiege of SyracuseSiege of TauromeniumBattle of AbacaenumBattle of GelaSiege of MotyaSiege of SyracuseSiege of TauromeniumBattle of AbacaenumPalermoCataniaMessinaCatanzaroRagusaVibo Valentia200 km37.591N, 14.059E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

405 BC: 1 engagements398 BC: 1 engagements397 BC: 2 engagements2 in 397 BC394 BC: 1 engagements393 BC: 1 engagements392 BC: 1 engagements386 BC: 1 engagements405 BC386 BC
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Gela, 405 BCSiege of Motya, 398 BCSiege of Syracuse, 397 BCSiege of Segesta, 397 BCSiege of Tauromenium, 394 BCBattle of Abacaenum, 393 BCBattle of Chrysas, 392 BCSiege of Rhegium, 386 BC405 BC386 BC
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
405 BCBattle of GelaGela, ItalyCarthaginian Victory
398 BCSiege of MotyaMozia, Italy181 km NWCarthaginian defeat
397 BCSiege of SyracuseSyracuse, Italy264 km EGreek victory
397 BCSiege of SegestaSegesta, Italy237 km NWCarthaginian victory
394 BCSiege of TauromeniumTaormina, Italy216 km ETauromenian victory
393 BCBattle of AbacaenumAbacaenum, Italy28 km NWSiceliot victory
392 BCBattle of ChrysasItaly71 km SInconclusive
386 BCSiege of RhegiumReggio Calabria, Italy97 km NESyracusan victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Giuseppe Emanuele Ortolani, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.