Vol. 14 No. 1 (1988): XIV - 1988, fascicolo 1
Articoli

Strategia autocratica e aspirazioni tiranniche. Il caso di Alcibiade

Published 2016-09-18

Keywords

  • Athens,
  • Alcibiades,
  • Greek politics

Abstract

Alcibiades’ repeated attempts to set up a personal army in 415 and 408 BC show that even at Athens, and not only in other city-states, the office of στρατηγὸς αὐτοκράτωρ might have been a first step towards the establishment of tyranny.