Region: Southern Europe · Coordinates: 37.070, 15.283 · 37 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| 480 BC | Herodotus, Histories | Greek envoys ask Gelon for help, but they fail to agree on the question of command |
| 466 BC | Diodorus Siculus, Library of History | Trasybulus saw that the whole city had raised troops against him. |
| 416 BC | Diodorus Siculus, Library of History | The Syracusan generals, realizing they had been deceived, turned back and attacked the Athenian camp. |
| 415 BC | Diodorus Siculus, Library of History | Gylippus led his troops out against the Syracusans and Athenians and fought. |
| 415 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | Emboldened, the Syracusans challenge the Athenian camp first |
| 414 BC | Diodorus Siculus, Library of History | Syracuse sailed with 80 ships against the Athenian fleet and fought a naval battle. |
| 414 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | Landing at Thapsus, he seizes Epipolae first |
| 413 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | Demosthenes appears in the harbor of Syracuse with a fleet of 73 ships |
| 413 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | On the eve of departure a lunar eclipse occurs at night and Nicias, frightened, postpones |
| 413 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | Nicias remains composed even during the eight-day retreat march |
| 413 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | Most Athenian prisoners die of disease and hunger in the quarries |
| 396 BC | Diodorus Siculus, Library of History | Himilcon drew up his whole army before the walls and provoked battle. |
| 388 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | Plato comes to Syracuse and Dion awakens to philosophy |
| 345 BC | Diodorus Siculus, Library of History | As the siege dragged on and food ran out, Hicetas withdrew to Leontinoi. |
| 344 BC | Diodorus Siculus, Library of History | Timoleon isolated Hicetas and took control of Syracuse. |
| 344 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | Within fifty days of landing, the Syracusan citadel falls to him |
| 337 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | The aged Timoleon receives a grand funeral at Syracuse |
| 263 BC | Polybius, Histories | Rome sends both consuls and the full army to Sicily, and Hiero makes peace with Rome |
| 249 BC | Polybius, Histories | The consular fleet left at Syracuse is destroyed by a storm after sailing |
| 216 BC | Polybius, Histories | Hieronymus succeeds his grandfather Hiero II as king of Syracuse |
| 214 BC | Livy, History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) | Syracusan envoys sent by Appius come to Marcellus and explain the terms of peace |
| 214 BC | Polybius, Histories | Hippocrates and Epicydes take control of Syracuse, and Rome begins the siege |
| 213 BC | Livy, History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) | Learning the facts, the Romans withdrew their camp from Leontini and marched to Syracuse |
| 213 BC | Livy, History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) | 55 Carthaginian warships enter the Great Harbor of Syracuse, and 30 Roman warships also land |
| 213 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | Marcellus arrives at Syracuse with his whole army |
| 213 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | Archimedes's machines smash the Roman siege engines, bewildering Marcellus |
| 213 BC | Polybius, Histories | Archimedes' machines repel the Roman assault on the towers |
| 213 BC | Polybius, Histories | Appius' land assault is also stopped |
| 212 BC | Livy, History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) | Before advancing on Achradina, Marcellus resolved to ... (the Epipolae and Hexapylon area) |
| 212 BC | Livy, History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) | On news of the capture of Nasos, of a district of Achradina, and of Moericus's defection, Marcellus had the retreat sounded |
| 212 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | It is said that Marcellus looked down on the beautiful city and wept in pity at the fate about to befall it |
| 212 BC | Polybius, Histories | Syracuse falls (212 BC) |
| 212 BC | Polybius, Histories | Syracuse's works of art are carried off to Rome |
| AD 280 | Zosimus, New History | Some Franks settled within the empire revolt, throw Greece into disorder by ship and attack Syracuse in Sicily, killing many; repulsed by Carthaginian soldiers in Africa, they return without great loss. |
| AD 533 | Procopius, History of the Wars | Belisarius lands on the island (Sicily), uncertain of Vandal intelligence, and scouts from Syracuse. |
| AD 535 | Procopius, History of the Wars | Belisarius placed garrisons at Syracuse and Panormus and crossed from Messana to Rhegium; the locals submitted. |
| AD 542 | Procopius, History of the Wars | Maximinus was delayed at Syracuse in Sicily; Conon at Naples, besieged, requested rescue. |