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other places and periodsother interpretations; a collection of this kind cannot hope to be exhaustive. But it can show what can be achieved by the application of a different model for understanding tyranny. The aim of this projectwhen it beganwas to place tyran- nical rule centre stageand to analyse it on its own merits; to treat autocracy as a positive choice instead of a political failureand to understand the ways in which ancient writers con?gured itusing their past to interpret their present. It also aimed to end the arti?cial separation of a small group of rulers under the name of ‘tyrants’ recognising that autocratic rulers appear in numerous guises and under different titlesnot only in archaic Greecebut throughout clas- sical antiquity. I hope that this collection will encourage a clearer focus on tyranny in all its formsand its place in the history of polit- ical thoughtincluding the cross-cultural comparisons which the ancients themselves made. It should be obvious that in antiquity tyranny was not a mono- lithicideabut an idea created and constantly adapted by historians with multivalent meaning and application. It might app christian louboutin authentic fringe bootyilai: nike high heels nike heels for women louis vuitton outlet http://www.rosj.fora.pl/kupie,5/toronto-and-london,48208.html#48634 |
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