The dominant Greek city-state of Sicily, alternating between democracy and tyranny, and the largest and wealthiest Greek polis outside the Aegean at its height.
Conquered by the Roman Republic in 212 BCE after a two-year siege (214–212 BCE) during the Second Punic War, and incorporated into the Roman province of Sicily.
Covers Syracuse's role as the preeminent western Greek power and its pivotal conflict with the Athenian expedition (415-413 BCE); verified via Open Library.
Finley's classic single-volume history of ancient Sicily with Greek Syracuse central, reissued and in print.
Contemporary classical history whose Books VI-VII narrate the Athenian Sicilian Expedition and the great siege of Syracuse — a primary source on the city at its height.