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The Thirty Tyrants was a group of powerful men who were dictators. The lable is fitting because there were thirty of them.

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Q: Who were the Thirty Tyrants and why was that label fitting?
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Who was the leader of the Thirty Tyrants?

Critias


What type of government was the thirty tyrants?

oligarchy


What describes the thirty tyrants?

Oligarchy is the only word to describe them...


How was the rule by thirty tyrants different from the rule under Pericles?

Be quiet


Who murdered their political opponents in Athens following the end of the Peloponnesian Wars?

the Thirty Tyrants


What did Sparta establish after the Peloponnesian war?

Sparta established a pro-Spartan oligarchy known as 'the thirty' or 'the oligarchy' ; what is known today as the 'Thirty Tyrants' .


Who were the Thirty Tyrants?

Pro-Spartan rulers in Athens after the loss of the Peloponnesian War in 404 BC.


Could the Thirty Tyrants be compared to an terrorist faction?

Not really. The thirty tyrants were a group of men who wished to conquer a certain set of territories. Terrorists wish to inspire fear and effect political change, but not necessarily to be that change.


What would eventually cause the Athenian forces to weaken and what percentage of the population was affected?

The plague, 25%


After Athens lost the peloponnesian war to Sparta the rights of its citizens were sharply limited a group called the thirty tyrants ruled Athens what of these types of government describes the few?

Oligarchy


Why were the tyrants able to control Athens?

Because the tyrants forced a traded democracy.


Did tyrants allow slavery?

no tyrants seized power illegally