Oligarchy

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Oligarchy is a form of government. In an oligarchic system, all the power is held by a small group of people. It is usually to the most powerful people to govern the state.

[change] Rule by the best

An oligarchy where the best rule is called Aristocracy.

[change] Rule by the rich

If the richest people rule the country, this is called Plutocracy.

[change] Other websites

• Online Text: Leonard Whibley, Greek Oligarchies: Their Character and Organisation (1896), still the only full-scale treatment of oligarchy in Classical Greece.