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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Content: 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. [ 14] [15] [16]
The state is the product of civilization. Agriculture allowed greater concentrations of people which lead to more conflict. Political and military leaders arose to manage conflicts. All leaders were once tyrants in their own ways. [ 17] “ [T]he very essence of politics in [agrarian civilizations] was, by our contemporary democratic standards, tyrannical”. [