Dion drives the tyrant Dionysius II out of Syracuse.

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Perpetrator (Person) :	Dion Origin: Syracusan, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
Perpetrator (Group) :	Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: mercenary
Victim (Person) :	Dionysius II Origin: Syracusan, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Reaction: flight
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Timoleon 1.1Plutarch Timoleon 1.1 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Syracuse (Siracusa)
Time Periode :	Classical Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Year :	355 B.C.
Context :	revolt institutional
Motivation :	ambition following orders political
Long-Term Consequence :	exile coronation/inauguration
Original Text :	τὰ μὲν Συρακοσίων πράγματα πρὸ τῆς Τιμολέοντος εἰς Σικελίαν ἀποστολῆς οὕτως εἶχεν. ἐπεὶ Δίων μὲν ἐξελάσας Διονύσιον τὸν τύραννον
Translation :	The state of affairs in Syracuse, before the expedition of Timoleon into Sicily, was as follows. After Dion had driven out Dionysius the tyrant,
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. 6.
Remark :	perpetrator: Dion probably relied on foreign mercenaries to force Dionysius into exile. motive: The mercenaries followed Dion's orders. He gave the orders out of ambition and political reasons. titel: Dionysius goes into exile and Dion establishes himself as new tyrant of Syracuse.
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