The four tyrants in Athens, known as the "Four Hundred," were a group of oligarchic leaders who seized control during the political turmoil of 411 BCE. They aimed to replace the democratic government with a more centralized power structure, but their rule was met with significant resistance and ultimately failed. The most notable tyrants included individuals like Peisistratus and his sons, who established earlier forms of tyranny, but the immediate context of the Four Hundred refers to a specific coup attempt during the Peloponnesian War. Their reign was characterized by political instability and opposition from democratic factions, leading to their eventual overthrow.
Because the tyrants forced a traded democracy.
The Tyrants were in charge of Athens
First kings, then oligarchs, then tyrants, then by the citizens.
spartans have the control in athens
the Athens and the Spartans dmm
tyrants
Its government was a early form of democracy and it was goverened by tyrants {p.s. Athens is in Greece not Rome}
the Thirty Tyrants
Pro-Spartan rulers in Athens after the loss of the Peloponnesian War in 404 BC.
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.
Oligarchy
First the kings, who were replaced by the oligarchs, who were replaced by the tyrants, who were replaced by the demagogues under the democracy