Thirty Tyrants Rule Athens for Eight Months

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2004-04-01
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Hollander, David
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Following its defeat in the Peloponnesian War, Athens was ruled by thirty oligarchic, pro-Spartan tyrants, whose despotic behavior quickly led to civil war and the restoration of the democracy.
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This book chapter is published as Hollander, D.B., Thirty Tyrants Rule Athens for Eight Months, in Great Events from History: The Ancient World, edited by Mark W. Chavalas., Salem Press, 2004. 475-477. Posted with permission.

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https://dr.lib.iastate.edu/handle/20.500.12876/38576
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Ancient History, Greek and Roman through Late Antiquity
Civic and Community Engagement
Demography, Population, and Ecology
Military History
Peace and Conflict Studies
Politics and Social Change
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Government and politics, Wars, Uprisings, Civil unrest
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Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 UTC 2004
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