Internal politics in Syracuse, 330–317 BC

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title:	Internal politics in Syracuse, 330–317 BC
author:	Tokarczuk Ryszard
journal title:	Electrum
title of volume:	The Greek world in the 4th and 3rd centuries BC
volume:	19
date of publication :	2012
pages:	149-156
ISSN:	1897-3426
eISSN:	2084-3909
ISBN:	978-83-233-3483-5
DOI:	10.4467/20843909EL.12.009.0750
language:	English
journal language:	English
abstract in English:	There is a certain diffi culty 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 fi nal 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
keywords in English:	Sicily, Syracuse, Agathocles, tyranny
affiliation:	Wydział Historyczny
type:	journal article
subtype:	academic paper