the Thirty Tyrants

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Athenian government oligarchic regime

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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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Thirty Tyrants 2
the Thirty Tyrants canonical 2
Thirty Oligarchs 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Athenian government ⓘ
oligarchic regime ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Thirty ⓘ
the Thirty Tyrants ⓘ
surface form: Thirty Oligarchs
appliesToJurisdiction Athens ⓘ
causeOf restoration of democracy in Athens ⓘ
country Athens ⓘ
describedIn Aristotle’s Athenian Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Athenian Constitution by Aristotle

Xenophon's Hellenica ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anytus → opposed → the Thirty Tyrants ⓘ
Lysander → implemented → the Thirty Tyrants ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Thirty Tyrants in Athens
Critias (the elder cousin of Charmides) → memberOf → the Thirty Tyrants ⓘ
subject surface form: Critias
this entity surface form: Thirty Tyrants
Critias → memberOf → the Thirty Tyrants ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thirty Tyrants
the Thirty Tyrants → alsoKnownAs → the Thirty Tyrants ⓘ
subject surface form: Thirty Tyrants
this entity surface form: Thirty Oligarchs
Thrasybulus → opposed → the Thirty Tyrants ⓘ