According to Valerius Maximus, one holder of this position was allegedly so afraid of assassins that he only had his hair cut by his daughters, who had to burn it with red-hot walnut shells.
According to Valerius Maximus, one holder of this position was allegedly so afraid of assassins that he only had his hair cut by his daughters, who had to burn it with red-hot walnut shells. Early holders of this title were from the Deinomenid dynasty, which ended with the overthrow of Thrasybulus, and this office would eventually be abolished by Marcus Claudius Marcellus. A man shunned in his home city for helping kill his brother gained this title by defeating Hicetas of Leontini; that man was Timoleon. Another holder of this post hired a band of mercenaries called the Mamertines. That man was Agathocles, who was defeated by a general of Pyrrhus who took this post under the name Hiero II. The last holder of this office, Epicydes, allegedly attempted to defend his city from the Romans using a giant ship-burning mirror. For 10 points, name this post held by several men named Dionysius, undemocratic rulers of a major city in Sicily.
According to Valerius Maximus, one holder of this position was allegedly so afraid of assassins that he only had his hair cut by his daughters, who had to burn it with red-hot walnut shells.
Tyrants of Syracuse [or Ruler of Syracuse; or King of Syracuse]