Title: Tyranny in Ancient Greece and Rome – Brewminate
Headings: Tyranny in Ancient Greece and Rome
Tyranny in Ancient Greece and Rome
Peisistratus, copper engraving, 1832 / Wikimedia Commons
Introduction
Etymology and Definition
Harmodius and Aristogeiton murdering Hipparchus, the brother of Hippias, tyrant of Athens. / Wikimedia Commons
Historical Forms
Overview
Aesymnetes
Populism
Archaic Tyrants
Sicilian Tyrants
Later Tyrants
Roman Tyrants
In the Classics
Enlightenment
Methods of Obtaining and Retaining Power
Overview
Obtaining
Retaining
Notes
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Enlightenment philosophers seemed to define tyranny by its associated characteristics. “The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice.” Voltaire in a Philosophical Dictionary
“Where Law ends Tyranny begins.” Locke in Two Treatises of Government
Bad results are relative. Authoritarian rule might be beneficial (like with Mustafa Kemal Atatürk of Turkey or of limited lasting harm to the country (like with Francisco Franco of Spain). [ 13] Those who list or rank tyrants can provide definitions and criteria for comparison or acknowledge subjectivity. Comparative criteria may include checklists or body counts. Accounting for deaths in war is problematic – war can build empires or defend the populace – it also keeps winning tyrants in power. “Ch’in Shih-huang is the first emperor of China. He united seven separate kingdoms into a single nation.