# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hicetas-of-syracuse
# Generated: 2026-08-16T10:03:45.054Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hicetas-of-syracuse"
name: "Hicetas of Syracuse"
slug: "hicetas-of-syracuse"
description: "Hicetas was tyrant of Syracuse from 288-279 BC. He rose to power following the death of Agathocles of Syracuse. He defeated his rival to the west, Phintias of Agrigentum, in 285 BC, but was badly defeated by the Carthaginians in 284 BC, and was overthrown in 279 BC. A large gold coinage produced during his final days in power survives."
tagline: "3rd century BC tyrant of Syracuse"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "-400"
deathDate: "-300"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.28
  momentum:             9.594341585188266
  historical:           10.07732266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%82"
    title: "Гікет"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hicetes_de_Siracusa"
    title: "Hicetes de Siracusa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiketas_(Tyrann_von_Syrakus)"
    title: "Hiketas (Tyrann von Syrakus)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99%CE%BA%CE%AD%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%82_%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%A3%CF%85%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%83%CF%8E%CE%BD"
    title: "Ικέτας των Συρακουσών"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hicetas_(tyrant_of_Syracuse)"
    title: "Hicetas (tyrant of Syracuse)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiketo_la_2-a_(Sirakuzo)"
    title: "Hiketo la 2-a (Sirakuzo)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hicetas_de_Siracusa"
    title: "Hicetas de Siracusa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hizetas_II.a"
    title: "Hizetas II.a"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceta_di_Siracusa_(tiranno)"
    title: "Iceta di Siracusa (tiranno)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%92%E3%82%B1%E3%82%BF%E3%82%B9_(%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A4%E3%81%AE%E5%83%AD%E4%B8%BB)"
    title: "ヒケタス (シュラクサイの僭主)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%82_(%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%B7)"
    title: "Гикет (тиран Сиракуз)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceta"
    title: "Iceta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1618049"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump