The citizens of Himera—where Greek forces under…

The citizens of Himera—where Greek forces under Gelo of Syracuse, and Theron, the sole ruler of Akragas, had defeated the Carthaginian force of Hamilcar in 480 BCE, ending the Carthaginian threat to the Greek colonies on the island—appeal in 476 BCE to Hiero I for aid against the oppressive rule of Theron’s son Thrasideios, but this only leads to the citizens' massacre by Theron and a resettlement of the town with Dorians.