SYRACUSE SICILY BRONZE AE24_____Zeus & Quadriga______POWER OF THE MEDITERRANEAN

Description

21D114
FRASCATIUS ANCIENTS
A BEAUTIFUL BRONZE COIN OF SYRACUSE SICILY FROM 214 - 212 BC.
MOST IMPORTANT CITY IN SICILY
THE SIZE IS 23.8 MM AND 11.28 GRAMS.
SNG ANS 1059
OBVERSE – Laureate head of Zeus right
REVERSE – Simulacrum standing in slow quadriga right
Athens, Carthage, Rome. These were the only three cities of the ancient Mediterranean world to challenge the power and prosperity of Syracuse during its Golden Age. Though it was an important city from the time of its foundation, Syracuse flourished unhindered after Hieron's victory (with the help of the Agrigentans) over the Carthaginians at Himera, near present-day Termini Imerese, in 480 BC, and soon became the most important Greek city in Sicily, both economically and politically. It would not be overzealous to say that the history of Hellenistic Sicily is largely the history of Syracuse.
Syracuse was founded by Greek colonists in 734 B.C. Because of its strategic location and natural harbors, the city rapidly developed into a major center of trade and culture in the Mediterranean. During the Peloponnesian War, an Athenian expedition that attacked Syracuse was totally destroyed, 415--413 B.C. Under Dionysius I, Syracuse defeated Carthaginian forces that invaded Sicily and became the leading city in the Greek world.
During the Punic Wars, Roman forces laid siege to Syracuse in 214 B.C. The mathematician Archimedes directed the city's defense, but it was starved into submission (211 B.C.) and came under Roman control.
The city is famous for its rich Greek history, culture, amphitheatres and architecture, playing an important role in ancient times as one of the top powers of the Mediterranean world; it is over 2,700 years old. Syracuse is located in the south-east corner of the island of Sicily, right by the Gulf of Syracuse next to the Ionian Sea.
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