THIRTY TYRANTS
\θˈɜːti tˈa͡ɪɹənts], \θˈɜːti tˈaɪɹənts], \θ_ˈɜː_t_i t_ˈaɪ_ɹ_ə_n_t_s]\
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At Athens, at the close of the Peloponnesian War, for one year, a body of rulers who upset the constitution of the city.
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By an idle and defective parallel, a crowd of usurpers, "nineteen in number, starting up in every province of the Roman empire, in the reign of Gallienus, a.d. 253-268 (Gibbon).
By Henry Percy Smith
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