Sentences with 'oligarchy'

Example sentences and phrases with the word oligarchy and other words derived from it.

« After 500 BCE, a compromise government called oligarchy tended to replace both aristocracies and tyrannies. »
« In an oligarchy, anyone with enough money could hold office, laws were written and known to all free citizens, and even the poorest citizens could vote (though only yes or no) on laws passed by the councils. »
« If the Lords had too much power, the result was oligarchy. »
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