HISB10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Eupalinos, Tyrant, Peisistratos
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Though they (mostly) rule within/make use of existing institutional structures, their rule is often characterized by arbitrary/personal rule (ie. brothers kill brothers or people arbitrarily change the names of things of capriciously kill opponents) Large-scale construction and military expansion is often also a characteristic of archaic tyrants. And the third thing is the biggest of all k(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:374) te(cid:373)ples these are the reasons why i have spent rather a long time on the samians. Only under tyrannic rule, resources could be martialed. Talks about 3 things: a (cid:449)ater (cid:272)ha(cid:374)(cid:374)el: si(cid:374)(cid:272)e it ru(cid:374)s u(cid:374)dergrou(cid:374)d, it"s (cid:448)ery hard to poiso(cid:374); (cid:272)o(cid:374)sta(cid:374)t supply of water, built a breakwater which fortifies the entrance for the harbour that makes it more accessible for trade. Built the biggest naval fleet which was a big part of his military expansion: built the biggest temple. The tunnel of eupalinos on samos (built by polykrates) Masonry work inside the tunnel of eupalinos.
