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Dummett, Jeremy.

Syracuse, city of legends a glory of Sicily / [electronic resource] : Jeremy Dummett. - London ; New York : I. B. Tauris : Distributed in the United States and Canada by Palgrave Macmillan, c2010. - xxvi, 245 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-221) and index.

Foundation and the rule of Gelon and Hiero I -- Athenian expedition to Sicily -- Dionysius I: tyrant and warlord -- Five more tyrants -- Hiero II and the Roman siege -- Cicero and the rise of Rome -- Saint Lucia and the early Christians -- Byzantium and the Arab Siege -- Outline to 1945 -- Modern Syracuse -- The Greek era -- The Roman era -- The early Christian era -- Baroque Syracuse -- Other important monuments.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Nat. Bib. No.: GBA9A9614 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: Uk

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Syracuse (Italy)--History.
Syracuse (Italy)--Guidebooks.
Syracuse (Italy)--Antiquities.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: DG975.S9 / D86 2010eb

Dewey Class. No.: 945.814