5 Tyrants Who Died Relatively Peaceful Deaths (and 5 Who Weren’t So Lucky)
According to Herodotus, when the Athenian lawgiver Solon visited Croesus, the fabulously wealthy king of Lydia, Croesus — showing off his riches and sumptuous palace — asked Solon who the happiest man in the world was, arrogantly assuming Solon’s answer would be the king himself.
But the king was disappointed and angry when Solon named [...]
