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Internal Politics in Syracuse, 330–317 BC

Publication date: 22.01.2013

ELECTRUM, 2012, Volume 19, pp. 149 - 156

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843909EL.12.009.0750

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Ryszard Tokarczuk
Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland
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Internal Politics in Syracuse, 330–317 BC

Abstract

There is a certain difficulty in attempts to describe the period in Syracuse between the death of Timoleon and the coming to power of Agathocles. It was a time of great turmoil and political instability – Syracuse would reappear after 317 BC as a tyranny. This article is a review of the events and causes that shaped the final outcome. The main points of interests are: an attempt to describe a type of government present in the given period, especially the function of the group of the so-called “Six Hundred Noblest,” and the career of Agathocles, an exemplary one considering the political realities of the time.

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Information: ELECTRUM, 2012, Volume 19, pp. 149 - 156

Article type: Original article

Authors

Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland

Published at: 22.01.2013

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