Agathocles

American  

[uh-gath-uh-kleez] / əˈgæθ əˌkliz /

noun

1. 361–289 b.c., tyrant of Syracuse 317–289.

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Example Sentences

Before the Punic Wars, Carthage alternately supported and clashed with the Sicilian city of Syracuse, ruled by the tyrant-king Agathocles from 317 B.C. to 289 B.C.

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Alexander the Great, who had died in Babylon in 323 B.C., provided for Agathocles and the age’s other warlords what Ms. MacDonald terms “a new model for power in the ancient world.”

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But the Carthaginians withstood Agathocles long enough to force his retreat to Syracuse in 307 B.C.

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In the touch-and-go struggle with Agathocles, the author identifies the “playbook that became the standard for warring against Carthage”: taking the fight to Africa and prying away the city’s local allies.

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They were obliged to make peace with him and to be content with dominion over Africa, leaving Sicily to Agathocles.

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