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Andromachus of Tauromenium
Andromachus was the ruler of Tauromenium, modern Taormina, in Sicily in the mid-4th century BCE and the father of the historian Timaeus. In 358 BCE he gathered the survivors of Naxos, destroyed by Dionysius I, and settled them in the new city. He welcomed Timoleon of Corinth in 344 BCE and supported his campaign to free the Greek cities of Sicily from tyrants.
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