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To: Cronos
But it’s interesting that even a tyrant like Dionysius thought it preferable to devalue the currency by half rather than repay only half the nominal value of his debts.

Either way, he was a thief as well as a tyrant.

3 posted on 09/30/2011 2:53:39 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (When the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn (Pr.29:2))
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To: fortheDeclaration
Either way, he was a thief as well as a tyrant.

he was a politican... wait, perhaps we're both correct :)

4 posted on 09/30/2011 3:07:05 AM PDT by Cronos (www.forfiter.com)
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