It was not only the first well-documented record of state terror in the modern era, but also inspired many other regimes in the future by its methods, discourse, and demonization of political rivals. Therefore, the Reign of Terror, can be regarded as the predecessor of the Soviet and Nazi applications of state terror directed at internal political rivals and external enemies at the same time, accompanied by brutal repression of oppositional figures and parts of the society, a rigid indoctrination, frequent use of accusations of being “agents”, “enemies of the state”, etc. The Reign of Terror was a response to the rise of oppositional groups especially in Vandée resulting in a civil war and rising threat of being surrounded by enemies. The famous “September decree” of 1793 officially declared that the Reign of Terror is “the order of the day” and thus the republic would use terror against its “enemies” in order to preserve the republic and the achievements of the revolution.