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They imagined that the male citizens meeting in fortnightly assembly to direct how the city-state was run would empower them and deliver good rulership and just administration. It worked for a few years until the smart ones worked out how to twist things to their own advantage, resulting in their getting into a 27-year war which they lost.
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∙ 13y agoPericles was the ruler of Greece at around the same time as the Golden Age of Athens (500 B.C.) . He decided to allow all citizens to vote, even if they weren't wealthy (except for women, of course).
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∙ 8y agoIt was not a democratic empire. Athens was a democratic city-state. When it converted the anti-Persian league which it led into an empire of its own after Persia made peace, it treated those city-states with a heavy hand, extorting annual payments from the empire by force. Each year, a fleet of100 warships went around the eastern Mediterranean collecting the tribute, attacking and looting the cities which defaulted. Not at all democratic.
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Who made Athens more democratic?
Pericles
Who had democratic values Athens or Sparta?
athens beacuse they were more about democratic anyway.
What was Athens government like in the age of the Pericles?
Athens became very powerful and more democratic
Did the reforms of Solon and Cleisthenes tend to make Athens more democratic or autocratic?
It made it more like willow smith so it could whip its hair
What are some of the democratic reforms made during the golden age of Athens?
The pericles
Why is Solon important?
Solon paid off debts for farmers and freed slaves in ancient Athens.
What was government like in Athens like during age of Pericles?
Athens became very powerful and more democratic
What accomplishments have people in Athens made to impact today's life?
They were remembered for making a democratic government.
Is Athens a democratic society?
Athens was a democracy in part of the 5th and 4th Centuries BCE.
How did trail by jury make Athens more democratic?
It didn't, really. Unless you consider the fact that there were 201 jurors on each case, which made the concept of 'jury duty' something to regularly involve all the male citizens of Athens.
What is the democratic city in Greece?
athens
How were government desicions made in Athens?
In the democratic period, by decisions of the citizens in fortnightly assemblies, implemented by the Council of 500.
