A king from this region was allegedly burned alive in his own torture device, the brazen bull, after he was overthrown.
A king from this region was allegedly burned alive in his own torture device, the brazen bull, after he was overthrown. A king of a city in this region patronized the arts by bringing the poet Philoxenus and the philosopher Plato to his court. Phalaris was a ruler of this region's city of Acragas in the 6th century BC. The Mamertines were a group of mercenaries on this island hired by Agathocles. Gelon and Dionysius were among the tyrants of a city on this island. During the (*) Peloponnesian War, Alcibiades led an ill-fated expedition to conquer this island. During Marcellus's siege of a city on this island ruled by Hiero II, it was defended by a giant claw built by Archimedes. For 10 points, Syracuse was the major polis on what largest island in the Mediterranean?
A king from this region was allegedly burned alive in his own torture device, the brazen bull, after he was overthrown.
Sicily [or Sicilia; accept Acragas until "city" is read]