The End of the Terror

The execution of the ultras turned out to usher in not the end of the terror, but the beginning of its darkest phase. The tribunal was about to cast a far wider net than the facts would possibly warrant and catch george danton. Robespierre found the report too narrowly focused on the financial details. It failed to properly ito account the broader political crimes. And though a lot of later historians are always ready to paint ropespierre 's nothing but a poisonous little snake whom you should always think the worst of.