Thrasybulus

Thrasybulus was one of the most celebrated democratic statesmen of ancient Athens. During the rule of the Four Hundred in 411 BCE he was a leader of the democratic sailors at Samos who resisted the coup and recalled Alcibiades. When the Thirty Tyrants imposed their terror after Athens' defeat in 404 BCE, Thrasybulus gathered democratic exiles in Thebes and led a daring military campaign, seizing the border fort of Phyle and then the Piraeus against overwhelming odds. His democratic forces defeated the Thirty's army and the reconciliation that followed — which included a remarkable amnesty — largely ended the cycle of revenge. He was killed by soldiers during an expedition to Aspendus in Asia Minor.

• Nationality: greek
• Roles: general, ruler