'''Syracuse''' is a [[an ancient city]] located near on the eastern coast of [[New YorkSicily]] near [[Oneida Lake]] which has a population of 147,306 peopleonce called by Cicero "the greatest of Greek cities and the most beautiful of all cities". The city <ref>Cicero Verr. iv.52</ref> ==History==Originally a Greek colony, Syracuse was settled founded in 734 BC<ref>Thucydides vi.3</ref> on the islet Ortygia, which separates the main harbor from the sea. mainly for missionary As it grew the city spread inland over the promontory lying northward of Ortygia and trading purposes. The [[French]] were the first to establish harbor. Syracuse assumed a mission pre-eminent position in the 1600's along affairs of Sicily under the shores rule of Syracuse's lakethe tyrants Gelon (485-478 BC) and Hieron (478-467 BC). Before Syracuse was known as SyracuseIt grew after the establishment of popular government in 466 BC.<ref>Diodorus xi.68-72</ref> According to Thucydides (vi, it was called Bogardus Corners because vii) the first building Syracusans successfully withstood a famous siege by the Athenians in 414 BC. Dionysius took advantage of the area fear inspired by the Carthaginians to elevate himself to despotic power in 405 BC, and after a reign of 38 years was an inn owned followed by Mrhis son of the same name. Bogardus Although democratic government was restored by Timoleon after a period of civil dissensions in 344 BC (Plutarch, Timoleon), popular rule did not last. The most famous of the later rulers was the wise Hieron (275-216 BC), who was the steady ally of the Romans. His grandson and successor Hieronymus deserted the alliance of Rome for that of Carthage, which led to the siege of the city by the Romans under Marcellus and its fall in 212;<ref>http:Livy xxiv.21-33<//wwwref> among the most famous deaths during that period was [[Archimedes]].syracuse From that point on Syracuse was the capital of the Roman province of Sicily.ny In the [[New Testament]] the Apostle Paul stopped for three days while on his way from Melita to Rome.us/historyOfSyracuse.asp<ref>Acts 28:12</reFref>
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