Dionysius II drives Nisaeus out of Syracuse and reestablishes his own tyranny.

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Perpetrator (Person) :	Dionysius II Origin: Syracusan, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: victory
Perpetrator (Group) :	Army of Dionysius II Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: mercenary, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Person) :	Nisaeus Origin: Syracusan, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Reaction: flight, Direct Consequence: defeat
Victim (Group) :	Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: mercenary, Direct Consequence: defeat
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Timoleon 1.2Plutarch Timoleon 1.2 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Syracuse (Siracusa)
Time Periode :	Classical Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Year :	347 B.C.
Context :	war/military campaign institutional
Motivation :	ambition political
Long-Term Consequence :	tyranny coronation/inauguration
Original Text :	Διονύσιος ἔτει δεκάτῳ ξένους συναγαγὼν καὶ τὸν τότε κρατοῦντα τῶν Συρακοσίων Νυσαῖον ἐξελάσας, ἀνέλαβε τὰ πράγματα πάλιν καὶ καθειστήκει τύραννος ἐξ ἀρχῆς
Translation :	At last Dionysius, in the tenth year of his exile, collected mercenaries, drove out Nisaeus; who was at that time master of Syracuse, recovered the power again, and established himself as tyrant anew
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. 6.
Remark :	date: The date was set according to the entry in the New Pauly. http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/dionysius-e319480 victim: Although not explicitly stated in the text, Nisaeus was probably defended by his own mercenaries. titel: Dionysius again becomes tyrant of Syracuse.
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