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S8 Ep264: REVOLUTION, ASSASSINATION, AND CHAOS Colleague Professor James Romm. Dion launched an invasion to liberate Syracuse, but the revolution unleashed chaotic populist passions he could not control. After ordering the assassination of a rival, Dion fell into a

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 30 December 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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REVOLUTION, ASSASSINATION, AND CHAOS Colleague Professor James Romm. Dion launched an invasion to liberate Syracuse, but the revolution unleashed chaotic populist passions he could not control. After ordering the assassination of a rival, Dion fell into a depression and was eventually assassinated by a faction of his own army. Rommnotes that ancient historians, including Plutarch, largely protected Dion's reputation to safeguard the prestige of Plato's Academy, despite Dion's failure to become a true philosopher king. NUMBER 9
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I'm John Batchel, continuing with Professor James Rom,

0:47.9

his new book, Plato and the Tyrant,

0:49.6

The Fall of Greece's Greatest Dynasty

0:51.3

and the Making of a Philosophic Masterpiece.

0:54.0

We last left of the unhappy family of the Dionysians with the brother-in-law, Dionne,

1:02.0

brother-in-law and brother-in-law, raising an army to invade Sicily to take Syracuse,

1:09.2

the powerful state of Syracuse, fleet, army, conquest, ambitions,

1:13.4

expansionism, to take it away from Dionysus to second. It's about 10 years younger and a complete

1:20.1

tyrant as we believe it here in the 21st century. The word tyrant had some meaning of different texture in the 4th century BCE

1:31.2

when we're watching. Plato is also watching. Plato's made three visits to Syracuse, this powerful

1:37.1

state, like visiting Moscow or Washington as a philosopher. And the third visit, he was there to plead

1:44.0

the case of Dion, who he may or may not

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