0 one of the people in an oligarchy --
1 one of a small group of powerful people who control a country or an industry: --
Here was an opportunity to assess whether that process applied in a much smaller urban centre and to discuss whether those merchant oligarchs retained power in the age of empire.
This pace continued as an oligarch.
Because of the low density of their inner circle networks the oligarchs were considerably more likely to bridge different individuals, different social networks, enhancing their own sociopolitical role.
It was the oligarchs, however, who were impressively recurrent figures on a per capita basis.
The term oligarch is used neutrally throughout this article.
Personality and honour are part of the answer behind the variations and the success of the oligarchs too.
It is here that we see the oligarchs as a group playing a powerful role.
The pattern of the three oligarchs is more striking.
