He concludes that democracy risks bringing dictators, tyrants, and demagogues to power. Gibbons called emperors tyrants and their rule tyranny. The Greeks defined both usurpers and those inheriting rule from usurpers as tyrants. These heroes were courageous, often fighting suppression and facing tyrants. Later, Carthage dispatched mercenaries to prolong the conflict between Timoleon and the Greek tyrants. Feudal Tyrants; or, The Counts of Carlsheim and Sargans. Macaulay made note of the fear that Voltaire's very name incited in tyrants and fanatics. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. Aristotle wrote critically of terror employed by tyrants against their subjects. They died in Noah's flood among other tyrants and unbelievers. Mumford contrasts these cities with those constructed around wars, tyrants, poverty, etc. History has labeled a set of ancient Greek and Sicilian leaders as tyrants. Ancient political commentators Plato and Aristotle lived late in the period of many tyrants. Antony expelled these tyrants, who took refuge in Parthia. He became a leading and violent member of the Thirty Tyrants.