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Hiero II (c.308-216 B.C.). A king of Syracuse. "Hiero was a wise and merciful sovereign, simple in his ways and just in his rule. We are told that he was prevented from laying aside the kingly power only by the unanimous votes of his subjects." (The New International Encyclopaedia, Vol. XI, New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1920, 272.)
Arthur Mayer Wolfson, Essentials in Ancient History (New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: American Book Company, 1902) 271. (Coin of Hiero)
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