Editing Timaeus (historian) (section)

==Biography==
Timaeus was born {{circa|356}}{{sfn|Champion|2012}} or {{circa|350&nbsp;BC}}{{sfn|Meister|1989|pp=57–58}}{{Sfn|Baron|2013|p=18|ps=: "The year of his birth is not known, but since he lived to see the beginning of the First Punic War in 264, it is unlikely to be much earlier than 350."}} in [[Tauromenium]] (modern [[Taormina]], in eastern [[Sicily]]), to a wealthy and influential Greek family. His father, [[Andromachus (ruler of Tauromenium)|Andromachus]], was a dynast who had refounded Tauromenium in 358 with former inhabitants of [[Naxos (city)|Naxos]] (destroyed by [[Dionysius I of Syracuse|Dionysius I]] in 403), and ruled there with [[Timoleon]]'s support.{{sfn|Meister|1989|pp=57–58}}{{sfn|Champion|2012}}{{Sfn|Baron|2013|p=|pp=17–22}}

Some time after 316 BC, perhaps in 315 or 312,{{Sfn|Baron|2013|p=|pp=17–22}} Timaeus is said to have been banished from Sicily by [[Agathocles of Syracuse|Agathocles]], the [[tyrant]] of [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]], possibly because of Timaeus' hostility towards him after the tyrant had captured Tauromenium.{{Sfn|Baron|2013|p=|pp=17–22}} Some scholars have suggested that he left Sicily earlier,{{Sfn|Brown|1958|pp=2–6}}{{sfn|Champion|2012}} although most researchers agree that he was forced out in the 310s, rather than leaving voluntarily as a young man.<ref>{{harvnb|Baron|2013|p=|pp=17–22}}, citing {{harvnb|Walbank|1968|pp=483–484}}, {{harvnb|Meister|1970|pp=55–56}}, {{harvnb|Momigliano|1977|p=38}}</ref>

Timaeus spent at least fifty years in [[Athens]].{{Sfn|Baron|2013|p=|pp=17–22}} It is not clear if he ever returned to Sicily.<ref>{{harvnb|Meister|1970|pp=53–55}}; {{harvnb|Meister|1989|pp=57–58}}</ref> Scholar Christopher A. Baron writes that Timaeus may never have returned to his homeland, even after Agathocles' death in 289 BC,{{Sfn|Baron|2013|p=|pp=17–22}} while [[Craige B. Champion]] argues that he may have come back under the reign of [[Hiero II of Syracuse|Hiero&nbsp;II]] (ca. 271–216).{{sfn|Champion|2012}}

While in Athens, Timaeus wrote a history of the Greek West down to 289 BC, and another chronicling the wars of [[Pyrrhus of Epirus|Pyrrhus]] continuing to 264 BC.{{sfn|Meister|1989|pp=57–58}}{{Sfn|Baron|2013|p=|pp=17–22}} Claims that he studied under [[Philiscus of Miletus]], a pupil of [[Isocrates]], remain uncertain and may stem from later attempts to link Timaeus stylistically with Isocrates.{{Sfn|Baron|2013|p=|pp=17–22}}

He died shortly after 264&nbsp;BC, likely around 260&nbsp;BC.{{sfn|Meister|1989|pp=57–58}}{{sfn|Champion|2012}}{{Sfn|Baron|2013|p=|pp=17–22}} According to [[Pseudo-Lucian]], he reached the age of 96.{{sfn|Meister|1989|pp=57–58}}