He banished his opponents and established a system of direct democracy where the citizens met in assembly and made decisions.
Direct Democracy
In the individual participation in the democracy
who told pericles to do democracy
The funeral oration was important to them because it not only honored their dead (as was tradition) but he praised democracy, praised Athens, and encouraged the Athenians to fight bravely for their city.
The funeral oration was important to them because it not only honored their dead (as was tradition) but he praised democracy, praised Athens, and encouraged the Athenians to fight bravely for their city.
Pericles changed the Athenian society by proposing a new type of government to take effect. He wanted to start a democracy where all male Athenians could be involved with governmental decisions.
He killed himself
Pericles was the lead of Athens.
Pericles was not a democracy. Pericles was a statesman in Athens and was considered today as a general. Pericles did not make Democracy. The people of Greece did.
pericles was not known at the father of athenian democracy cleisteins is consideres to be father of sthenian democracy
He said they were unfit to be citizens.
Pericles extended Athen's Democracy. :)