Syracusan
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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
He went to Utica with his Sicilian guest on business long before the marriage, and after his return he will go with the Syracusan to Sicily.
From The Scarlet Banner by Dahn, Felix
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 Holmes, George C. V.
The Romans were too powerful for the Syracusans.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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 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 Müller, Karl Otfried
In 427 he was sent by his fellow-citizens at the head of an embassy to ask Athenian protection against the aggression of the Syracusans.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
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