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Abstract

In 403 BC, there was a civil war between supporters of oligarchy and democracy in Attica. After the death of Critias, the leader of the government of the Thirty, an overturn took place in Athens, during which the College of Ten seized the power. The new oligarchic government did not immediately made peace with the democrats. An attempt to reconstruct events rests on the contradiction between the texts of Xenophon and Aristotle, as well as other sources. One of the main questions remains the number of Tens boards: two or one? In the Aristotelean “Athenian Politeia” it is reported that in 403 BC another overturn took place in Athens, during which one government of the Ten was replaced by another. The new government made peace with supporters of democracy. The historicity of the second overturn is a matter of debate. The paper discusses the number of members of the Ten and presents a version of the reconstruction of the events that took place in Attica in 403 BC.

Keywords

Athens, Greece, Tyranny of Thirty, College of Ten, Athenian Constitution, Rhinonуn.

Nikolay V. Razumov

Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

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