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Appian, Sicily and the Other Islands (ed. Horace White), Fragments (search)
Fall of Heronymus
Some of the historians who have described the fall of
Fall of Hieronymus, B. C. 214.
Hieronymus have written at great length and in
terms of mysterious solemnity. They tell us of
prodigies preceding his coming to the throne,
and of the misfortunes of Syracuse. They describe in dramatic
language the cruelty of his character and the impiety of his
actions; and crown all with the sudden and terrible nature of
the circumstances attending his fall. One would think from
their description that neither Phalaris, nor Apollodorus, nor
any other tyrant was ever fiercer than he. Yet he was a mere
boy when he succeeded to power, and only lived thirteen
months after. In this space of time it is possible that one or
two men may have been put to the rack, or certain of his
friends, or other Syracusan citizens, put to death; but it is improbable that his tyranny could have been extravagantly wicked,
or his impiety outrageous. It must be confessed that he was
reckless and unscrupulou
Syracuse's Defenses
When Epicydes and Hippocrates had occupied Syracuse,
Siege of Syracuse, B. C. 215-214.
and had alienated the rest of the citizens with
themselves from the friendship of Rome, the
Romans who had already been informed of the
murder of Hieronymus, tyrant of Syracuse, appointed Appius
Claudius as Pro-praetor to command a land force, while
Marcus Claudius Marcellus commanded the fleet. These
officers took up a position not far from Syracuse, and
determined to assault the town from the land at Hexapylus,
and by sea at what was called Stoa Scytice in Achradina,
where the wall has its foundation close down to the sea.
Having prepared their wicker pent-houses, and darts, and
other siege material, they felt confident that, with so many
hands employed, they would in five days get their works in
such an advanced state as to give them the
advantage over the enemy. Archimedes. But in this they
did not take into account the abilities of Archimedes; nor calculate on the truth tha
Bolis the Cretan Agrees to Rescue Achaeus
(See 7, 15-18)
Bolis was by birth a Cretan, who had long enjoyed
the honours of high military rank at King Ptolemy's court,
and the reputation of being second to none
in natural ability, adventurous daring, and experience in war. B.C. 214. Sosibius secures the help of Bolis to rescue Achaeus.
By repeated arguments Sosibius secured this man's fidelity; and when he felt
sure of his zeal and affection he communicated
the business in hand to him. He told him that he could not
do the king a more acceptable service at the present crisis
than by contriving some way of saving Achaeus. At the
moment Bolis listened, and retired without saying more than
that he would consider the suggestion. But after two or
three days' reflection, he came to Sosibius and said that he would
undertake the business; remarking that, having spent some
considerable time at Sardis, he knew its topography, and that
Cambylus, the commander of the Cretan contingent of the
army
Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, Book 22 (ed. Benjamin Oliver Foster, Ph.D.), chapter 20 (search)
Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, Book 26 (ed. Frank Gardner Moore, Professor Emeritus in Columbia University), chapter 20 (search)
Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, Book 26 (ed. Frank Gardner Moore, Professor Emeritus in Columbia University), chapter 35 (search)
the Sicilians and Campanians having been sent away, a levy was held.
then, once an army had been enrolled, they began to take up the question of recruiting more oarsmen. for this purpose, inasmuch as there was neither a sufficient supply of men, nor any money at that time in the treasury out of which
they might be procured and receive their pay, the consuls in an edict ordered that private citizens according to their census and classes, as before,In 214 B.C.; XXIV. xi. 7 f. should furnish oarsmen, with pay and rations for thirty days.
in response to that edict there was such protest among the people, such indignation, that what was lacking for an uprising was a leader rather than fuel.
next after the Sicilians and Campanians the consuls, they said, had taken upon themselves the task of ruining and destroying the Roman populace. exhausted by tribute for so many years, they had nothing left but the land, bare and desolate. their houses hadB.C. 210 been burne