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Nicocles of Sicyon
Nicocles was tyrant of Sicyon in 251 BCE, ruling for only four months after the murder of his predecessor Paseas. He was overthrown in a night attack by the young exile Aratus, who recalled the exiles and brought Sicyon into the Achaean League as its first non-Achaean member. The coup began the league's expansion across the Peloponnese.
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