institution
Triginta Tyranni
the Thirty Tyrants
The Thirty, an oligarchy imposed on Athens by Sparta in 404 BC after the Peloponnesian War; their brief, brutal rule was a byword for tyranny. Socrates defied them.
Reading notes
- Consolation to His Mother Helvia §13 the Thirty Tyrants
The thirty oligarchs who tyrannized Athens in 404 BC; Socrates alone once faced them down.
- On Tranquility of Mind §5.1 Thirty Tyrants
The oligarchy of Thirty imposed on Athens by Sparta in 404 BC, a byword for terror; they executed some 1,500 citizens.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §3.28.8 Thirty tyrants
The Thirty, the oligarchy installed at Athens by Sparta in 404 BC after the Peloponnesian War, notorious for terror and execution; Socrates defied their orders, and Seneca makes him the figure of the free mind under many masters.