Title: Tyranny - Definition, Examples,
Headings: Tyranny
Tyranny
Definition of Tyranny
Noun
Origin
What Does Tyranny Mean
Avoiding Tyranny
Resistance to Tyranny
Dictator or Tyrant
Tyranny Example in Historical Leaders
Genghis Khan
Pol Pot
Caligula
Henry VIII
Related Legal Terms and Issues

Content: No one was safe from Caligula, including his cousin, whom he had adopted as a son, his father-in-law, and brother-in-law – all of whom he had executed. Caligula’s grandmother is said to have committed suicide, but the theory that Caligula actually poisoned her has not been ruled out. He also had his two sisters exiled, keeping only his uncle alive, so he could ridicule him. Caligula’s biographer, Suetonius, said that Caligula would regularly boast that he had “the right to do anything to anybody.” Caligula would make high-ranking senators run for miles in front of his chariot, and he not only had affairs with his allies’ wives, but was also rumored to have been involved in incestuous relationships with his own sisters. Gaius Caesar made it a capital offense to mention a goat in his presence, because he himself was tall, pale, and significantly hairy. Caligula was known to roll around in piles of money, and drink pearls that had been dissolved in vinegar, just to flaunt his life of luxury, and to accentuate his power. Caligula is the very definition of a tyrannical leader. Henry VIII
Perhaps the thing for which Henry VIII is most famous, is the fact that he had six wives during his 36-year reign. He married so many women for multiple reasons, including trying to form political alliances, and trying to create a ma