Ducetius, a Hellenized leader of the Siculi,…
457 BCE
Ducetius, a Hellenized leader of the Siculi, seizes his opportunity to weld the native communities of east Sicily into a powerful federation during the confusion that follows the collapse of tyranny in Syracuse and other Sicilian states in 460 BCE.
Enjoying the goodwill of the Syracusan democracy, he enlists its help in driving out the colonists of the former tyrant Hiero from Catana and restoring it to its original Chalcidian inhabitants.