%% market:: [[Classical Wisdom]] %% ![[The Tyrants of Syracuse by Jeff Champion#p23 Aristodemus wiped out debt and restributed land then purged the aristocracy]] Aristodemus was one of the Tyrants of Syracuse. He redistributed the land, wiped out debt, and purged the aristocracy. About fifteen years later he was overthrown by the remaining aristocrats who had survived in exile. This is really similar to the premise of Fight Club, a sort of "If Tyler had actually pulled off Project Mayhem" concept.