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Rooting for the Anti-Hero

Young Heretics

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The Tyranny of Agathically

Syracuse was a tumultuous region in part because it sat between Greece and Italy. Agathically is an important case study for Machiavelli. He's the son of a potter, he rises up to become tyrants from very, very low origins. His martial arts forces take control, got in power, and he then basically just turns on everybody.

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