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Now Dionysius, from a scribe and ordinary private citizen, had become tyrant of the largest city of the Greek world1; and he maintained his dominance until his death, having ruled as tyrant for thirty-eight years.2 But we shall give a detailed account of his deeds and of the expansion of his rule in connection with the appropriate periods of time; for it seems that this man, single-handed, established the strongest and longest tyranny of any recorded by history.

1 Probably Syracuse grew to be such before the death of Dionysius.

2 405-367 B.C.

Diodorus Siculus. Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes with an English Translation by C. H. Oldfather. Vol. 4-8. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.

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