Title: Tyrant - Wikipedia
Headings: Tyrant
Tyrant
Contents
Etymology
Definition
Early history
Historical forms
Aesymnetes
Populism
Archaic tyrants
Corinth
Athens
Sicilian tyrants
Later tyrants
Roman tyrants
In the classics
Enlightenment
Lists of tyrants
Methods of obtaining and retaining power
Obtaining
Retaining
See also
References
External links

Content: 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. "Qin Shi-Huang Li is the first emperor of China. He united seven separate kingdoms into a single nation. He built the Great Wall and was buried with the terra-cotta soldiers. The Chinese have mixed feelings about him. They're proud of the nation he created, but he was a maniacal tyrant." - Gene Luen Yang
Oppressive leaders have held states together ( Alexander the Great, Josip Broz Tito ). A modern tyrant might be objectively defined by proven violation of international criminal law such as crimes against humanity. Edward Sexby's 1657 pamphlet, "Killing, No Murder", [ https://www.yorku.ca/comninel/courses/3025pdf/Killing_Noe_Murder.pdf] outlined 14 key traits of a tyrant, as the pamphlet was written to inspire the assassination of Oliver Cromwell, and show in what circumstances an assassination might be considered honorable.