Syracuse, Italy: Timeline

535   Belisarius completes the conquest of Sicily Sicily

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, defeating the Ostrogothic garrison of Syracuse Syracuse, Italy

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, and ending his consul Consul

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ship for the year.

668   Eastern Roman Emperor Emperor

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 Constans II Constans II

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 is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse, Italy.

878   After a siege, the Aghlabids of Ifriqiya Ifriqiya

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 conquer Syracuse Syracuse, Italy

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, starting 2 centuries of Muslim Muslim

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 rule.