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Why were the tyrants able to control Athens?
Because the tyrants forced a traded democracy.
Who was in charge of ancient Athens?
The Tyrants were in charge of Athens
Was Athens ruled only by tyrants?
First kings, then oligarchs, then tyrants, then by the citizens.
Why were the tyrants able to seize control Athens?
spartans have the control in athens
Who backed suported the tyrants?
the Athens and the Spartans dmm
Who ruled early Athens before a democratic system was established?
tyrants
What was Athens economay like?
Its government was a early form of democracy and it was goverened by tyrants {p.s. Athens is in Greece not Rome}
Who murdered their political opponents in Athens following the end of the Peloponnesian Wars?
the Thirty Tyrants
Who were the Thirty Tyrants?
Pro-Spartan rulers in Athens after the loss of the Peloponnesian War in 404 BC.
Why were the tyrants able to seize in Athens?
Athens had an internal dispute bordering on civil war between its different classes of people - essentially against the ruling aristocracy. The tyrants were brought in by popular acclaim to establish a government which looked after all citizens, not just the interests of a few.
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
Who were the most powerful politicians in Athens?
First the kings, who were replaced by the oligarchs, who were replaced by the tyrants, who were replaced by the demagogues under the democracy
