Andromachus ( grc, Ἀνδρόμαχος) was the ruler of

Tauromenium Taormina ( , , also , ; scn, Taurmina) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina, on the east coast of the island of Sicily, Italy. Taormina has been a tourist destination since the 19th century. Its beaches on ...

(modern Taormina) in eastern

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in the middle of the 4th century BCE, and the father of the historian

Timaeus Timaeus (or Timaios) is a Greek name. It may refer to: * ''Timaeus'' (dialogue), a Socratic dialogue by Plato *Timaeus of Locri, 5th-century BC Pythagorean philosopher, appearing in Plato's dialogue *Timaeus (historian) (c. 345 BC-c. 250 BC), Greek ...

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(Ταυρομένιον) had been founded ca. 396 BC by the Carthaginian general

Himilco Himilco was a Carthaginian navigator and explorer who lived during the late 6th or early 5th century BC, a period of time where Carthage held significant sway over its neighboring regions. Himilco is the first known explorer from the Mediterranea ...

. In 392, Dionysius of Syracuse captured Tauromenium and refounded it as a Greek city. In 358 BC, Andromachus gathered a troop of Naxian refugees who had been expelled from their homes by Dionysius, and they took the city back. His son,

, was born ca. 356 or 350. Andromachus is said to have maintained control at Tauromenium through moderate rule. In 344, he assisted

Timoleon Timoleon (Ancient Greek language, Greek: wikt:Τιμολέων, Τιμολέων), son of Timodemus, of Ancient Corinth, Corinth (c. 411–337 BC) was a Greek statesman and general. As a brilliant general, a champion of Greece against Anci ...

in his expedition against Dionysius ( Diod. xvi. 7, 68; Plut. ''Timol.'' 10). He remained in power at Tauromenium after Timoleon liberated Sicily.

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