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How did power shift from aristocrats to tyrants in Greek city-state?
The tyrants took over
What role did tyrants play in greek history?
Greek tyrants were rules who seized power by force from the aristocrats.
Why did tyrants replace aristocrats as rulers of the city state?
The tyrants replaced the aristocrats as rulers of the city-states. Aristocrats are members of rich and powerful families and ruled most city states. A middle class of merchants and artisans developed, wanting a say in government. Gradually, strength in cities shifted from aristocrats to merchants and artisans. As a result, aristocratic government was replaced by rulers called tyrants. <---- this was an essay question on one of my tests in 6th grade- I got an A :) !
How did power shift from aristocrats to tyrant in Greek city state?
The tyrants took over
Did the ancient Greeks have nobles and aristocrats?
The aristocrats were the largr landowners who displaced the kings and ruled until they were displaced by the tyrants who were installed by the lower classes to govern fairly for them. When the lower classes got tired of the tyrants authoritarianism, they brought in democracy. Often the democracies failed to function effectively, and tyrants and aristocrats returned in various cities. Then the kings returned after Alexander the Great died. As so the world has gone on with various cycles of political control, even to today.
Why were aristocrates replaced by tyrants as rulers of the city states?
The tyrants replaced the aristocrats as rulers of the city-states. Aristocrats are members of rich and powerful families and ruled most city states. A middle class of merchants and artisans developed, wanting a say in government. Gradually, strength in cities shifted from aristocrats to merchants and artisans. As a result, aristocratic government was replaced by rulers called tyrants. <---- this was an essay question on one of my tests in 6th grade- I got an A :) !
How was the rule of tyrants generally different from that of aristocrats?
When the rule of a narrow group of aristocrats became oppressive, a tyrant was often appointed by a broader group of the citizens to take over rule and govern for a wide sector of the community. One weakness in this was that the tyrant needed to have a bodyguard to protect him from assassination by the aristocrats, and to pay for them had to levy a tax, and taxes were very unpopular, and this was exploited for propaganda purposes by the lurking aristocrats. Tyrants saved Athens from civil war for fifty years, but eventually people tired of them and expelled them.
Why did the tryants fall out of favor with the Greeks?
In Athens, the tyrants were welcomed by the majority, but hated by the aristocrats whose power they curtailed. To avoid assassination they had to hire a large bodyguard force, and to pay for it, had to levy a tax. Greeks hated taxes, and eventually after a generation, they had forgotten how bad things had been under the aristocrats and expelled the tyrants. The aristocrats tried to take over again, but Cleisthenes took over and established a democracy.
Who held power over the government under democracy in ancient Greece?
First the kings, then the aristocrats to get rid of the kings, then the tyrants to get rid of the aristocrats, then the democrats (people) to get rid of the tyrants, then the aristocrats to get rid of the democracy, then the kings to get rid of the aristocrats.
How did the rise of middle class help shape government in ancient Greece?
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Why were aristocrats replaced by tygrants as rules of the city-states?
Once government fell there was a void. When that happens strong men will take over and rule as tyrants.
Did tyrants develop democracy in Greece?
Tyrants usually preceded democracy. They were appointed in various cities by popular will to get rid of the aristocratic cliques and run a city-state to the general benefit of the people rather than the vested interested of a few. A tyrant had to maintain a bodyguard to protect himself from the aristocrats, and to hire them had to impose a tax on the people, which eventually made the tyrant as unpopular as the aristocrats had been. So the cities progressively expelled the tyrants and some tried the experiment with democracy - with mixed success. Failures with democracy resulted in some cases in a return to aristocrats, monarchs or tyrants to sort out the mess. Most cities then turned to a compromise of a form of limited democracy where the magistrates allowed the people to vote yes or no on issues they put before them.
