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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

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

Because of their perpetual acts of brigandage they were a menace to their neighbors, the Syracusans.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

Very little is heard of Catina in history until 476 b.c., when Hiero I. removed its inhabitants to Leontini, repeopled it with 5000 Syracusans and 5000 Peloponnesians, and changed its name to Aetna.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various