the Thirty Tyrants

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The Thirty Tyrants were a short-lived oligarchic regime that ruled Athens harshly after the Peloponnesian War, known for its political purges and repression before being overthrown and replaced by a restored democracy.

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Thirty Tyrants 2
the Thirty Tyrants canonical 2
Thirty Oligarchs 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Athenian government
oligarchic regime
alsoKnownAs Thirty
Thirty Oligarchs
linked to: the Thirty Tyrants
appliesToJurisdiction Athens
causeOf restoration of democracy in Athens
country Athens
describedIn Athenian Constitution by Aristotle
Hellenica by Xenophon
Lives by Plutarch
duration about eight months
endTime 403 BC
followedBy restored Athenian democracy
governmentForm oligarchy
hasCause defeat of Athens in the Peloponnesian War
intervention of Sparta in Athenian politics
hasEffect intensification of class conflict in Athens
trauma in collective memory of Athenians
hasNumberOfMembers 30
ideology oligarchism
installedBy Lysander
leader Critias
Theramenes
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Attica
Classical Greece
member Aristoteles (oligarch of Athens)
Charicles
Charmides
Critias
Theramenes
notableWork revised oligarchic constitution of Athens
opposedBy Athenian democrats
Thrasybulus
overthrownBy Thrasybulus
democratic exiles from Phyle
partOf aftermath of the Peloponnesian War
history of Athens
placeOfOverthrow Munychia
policy confiscation of property of metics
establishment of a narrow citizen body of 3,000
restriction of citizenship
summary executions without trial
use of informers and denunciations
precededBy Athenian democracy
significantBattle Battle of Munychia
significantEvent civil conflict with democratic exiles
confiscation of property of citizens
execution of political opponents
exile of many Athenians
political purges in Athens
startTime 404 BC
supportedBy Sparta

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Anytus opposed the Thirty Tyrants
Lysander implemented the Thirty Tyrants in Athens
linked to: the Thirty Tyrants
Critias memberOf Thirty Tyrants
linked to: the Thirty Tyrants
Critias memberOf Thirty Tyrants
linked to: the Thirty Tyrants
Thirty Tyrants alsoKnownAs Thirty Oligarchs
subject linked to: the Thirty Tyrants
linked to: the Thirty Tyrants
Thrasybulus opposed the Thirty Tyrants