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    [saɾaˈuːsa]) is a historic city on the Italian island of Sicily, the capital of the Italian province of Syracuse. The city is notable for its rich Greek and Roman...
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  • is a timeline of the history of the city of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy. Syracuse was the main city of Sicily from 5th century BCE to 878 CE. 8th C. BCE –...
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    Carthaginian remains in Sicily". As the Roman Republic's granary, Sicily ranked as an important province, divided into two quaestorships: Syracuse to the east and...
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  • Look up Syracuse in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Syracuse most commonly refers to: Syracuse, Sicily Syracuse, New York Syracuse may also refer to:...
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    Saint Lucy (redirect from Lucy of Syracuse)
    suitor accused Lucy of being a Christian, and she was executed in Syracuse, Sicily, in 304 AD, during the Diocletianic Persecution. Her veneration spread...
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    city of Syracuse was now under the control of Rome again, which united the whole of Sicily as a Roman province by 210 BC. The taking of Syracuse ensured...
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    tyrant of Syracuse, Sicily. He conquered several cities in Sicily and southern Italy, opposed Carthage's influence in Sicily and made Syracuse the most...
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    1820, Syracuse was named after the classical Greek city Syracuse (Siracusa in Italian), a city on the eastern coast of the Italian island of Sicily, for...
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    Greek-Siceliotes (in particular Syracuse with its sovereigns), and later as County of Sicily, and Kingdom of Sicily. The Kingdom was founded in 1130...
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    military expedition to Sicily, which took place from 415–413 BC during the Peloponnesian War between Athens on one side and Sparta, Syracuse and Corinth on the...
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