HKB
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Often appears with: war with rome · treaty violation · roman legates · revolution and the fall of states · diplomacy and embassies
Usually: narrative (1) · betrayal (1) · injustice endured (1) · detachment (1)
“With how much more reason might the space employed on these descriptions,—which they use merely to fill up and spin out their books,—have been devoted to Hiero and Gelo, without mentioning Hieronymus at all! It would have given greater pleasure to readers and more instruction to students.” Polybius, The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) · observation
“And what is quite as surprising as the innocence of his acquisition of power is the fact that it did not change his character.” Polybius, The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) · insight
Romans send legates protesting Hieronymus’s treaty violation; Hieronymus consults his council, and the pro-Roman and anti-Roman options are weighed until war with Rome is decided, followed by Hieronymus’s provocative demands.
[Sidenote: Fall of Hieronymus, B.C. 214.] +7.+ Some of the historians who have described the fall of Hieronymus have written at great length and in terms of mysterious solemnity. They tell us of prodigies preceding his coming to the throne, and of the misfortunes of Syracuse. They describe in dramatic language the cruelty of his character and the impiety of his actions; and crown all with the sudden and terrible nat…