ENGLISH

Ancient Tyranny

By Sian Lewis

Book information

Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Year
2006
ISBN
9780748621255, 0748621253
Open Library ID
OL22723785M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1200738 bytes)
Pages
287\287
Topic
History
Time added
2010-10-13 10:14:08

Description

Tyrants are more than just the antithesis of democracy or the mark of political failure: they arise in response to social and political pressures. Gathering together writings by leading historians, political theorists, and philosophers, this book is a comparative study of the autocratic rulers and dynasties of classical Greece and Rome and the changing concepts of tyranny in their political thought and culture.

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