SIRACUSA, TIMOLEONTE, L'ADRIATICO E LA MACEDONIA.

The experience of Timoleon of Corinth as ruler of Syracuse is noteworthy of fuller examination. Even if Timoleon promoted an anti-tyrannical and democratic polis, he pursued the legacy of Dionysian policy with particular interest with Adriatic and Ionian areas. He also maintained close relations with Macedonian king Philip. Coinages and heroic worship posthumously assigned to Corinthian strategos show typical developments which are latter remarked in Hellenistic kingdoms, as far as concerns the idea of divine kingship as a legitimacy of royal power. All this ascertained, Timoleon's rule is not just an interlude between the Dionysii and the newly established tyranny of Agathokles, but a defining moment in this political and institutional organization of the Greek world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]