OCR GCSE Ancient History · J198
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In ancient Greece, government by a ruler who had gained power outside the established constitutional arrangements. The term did not necessarily imply cruel rule.
Revise: The Nature and Structure of Peisistratid RuleTyranny was therefore different from holding an ordinary public office. An archon exercised authority through an established position; a tyrant’s personal dominance went beyond such a position. Tyranny was also not democracy: benefits for ordinary people did not mean that those people controlled the government.
- Revise: The Assassination of Hipparchus and its Aftermath
- Revise: Polycrates' International Relations and External Opposition
Rule by an individual who has seized power outside a city-state’s established political arrangements. In ancient Greece, the term did not automatically mean cruel government.
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- Revise: The Succession Crisis: Maeandrius, Syloson, and Persia
A form of government in which one man holds supreme power outside the normal constitutional arrangements; the ancient Greek term does not necessarily mean that his rule was cruel.
- Revise: Comparing Samian and Athenian Tyranny
In ancient Greek politics, rule by an individual who had seized power outside the established political arrangements. The term does not by itself establish how cruelly that person ruled.
- Revise: The Spartan Reaction and Corinthian Opposition to Tyranny
A form of government in which one ruler holds power outside the normal constitutional arrangements. In ancient Greece, the word did not automatically mean a cruel ruler, although Socles portrayed tyranny as cruel and unjust.
- Revise: Athenian Foreign Policy and the Ionian Revolt
In ancient Greece, rule by an individual who held power outside the established constitutional arrangements; the term does not by itself describe how cruelly that person governed.
- Revise: Herodotus
A form of rule in which one person holds power outside the usual constitutional arrangements; in ancient Greek usage, the word did not necessarily mean cruel rule.
- Revise: Thucydides
Rule by an individual who holds power outside the normal constitutional arrangements of a Greek city-state; it did not necessarily mean cruel government.
- Revise: Aristotle and The Old Oligarch: Constitutional Sources
In ancient Greece, personal rule by someone who gained power unconstitutionally; the term does not necessarily mean cruel government.
- Revise: Tarquinius Superbus: Tyranny and Military Record
Rule in which a ruler exercises power arbitrarily, using fear or coercion and disregarding established restraints on authority.