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How was Tyranny practiced in Ancient Greece?

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Tyranny was just a different kind of rule in Ancient Greece. Democracies choose their rulers through elections, but monarchs traditionally passed down authority through hereditary succession. Tyrants gained power by taking it, generally in the pretext of city-state security.

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Tyrant obtained their power by seizing it usually in the name of security of the city state

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