Dionysius I of Syracuse ✓

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[Wikidata] Greek tyrant of Syracuse (c. 432 – 367 BC)... | [Wikipedia] Dionysius I or Dionysius the Elder was a Greek tyrant of Syracuse, Sicily. He conquered several cities on Sicily and southern Italy, opposed Carthage's influence on Sicily and made Syracuse the most powerful of the western Greek colonies. He was regarded by the ancients as the worst kind of despot: