Syracusan
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Syracusans
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A Slovakian gets a long rave from the ultimate Syracusan.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2021
The historian Plutarch tells a moving story about the thousands of Athenian soldiers held prisoner in roasting Syracusan quarries after a disastrous campaign in 413 BC.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2013
Archimedes’ talents were useful to the Syracusan military as well.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Presently Theron, perceiving that his guest's spirits were rising under the genial influence of the Syracusan product, began to question him concerning his voyage.
From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Margaret Horton Potter
According to Diodoros, they were in use in the Syracusan fleet in 398 b.c.
From Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships by George C. V. Holmes
This man, as I said, having been named by the Syracusans commander of their armies, immediately realized that mercenary forces were useless, since their condottieri were men like our Italian condottieri.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
As soon as they realized that Romans were inside the walls of the city, the Syracusans, wild with fear, could not mount a defense.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
The Romans were too powerful for the Syracusans.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
The tithe paid by the Syracusans for the building of temples was something extraordinary.
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Karl Otfried Müller
During the wars between the Romans and Carthaginians, the people of Sicily, and especially the Syracusans, had for a long time remained neutral or been in alliance with the Romans.
From Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) by Various
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