Cleisthenes began the democratic reforms in Athens in 508 BCE. This was advance by Ephialtes in 460 BCE when he removed aristocratic control which had re-established itself during the Persian War, and when he was assassinated his deputy Pericles took over and finished the job.
The government in ancient Athens was an example of democracy. The Athenian government was the first democratic form of government recorded.
Democracy
It Was A Form Used In Athens.
Democracy.
After expulsion of the tyrants he fended off the attempted return of the oligarchs by introducing in 507 BCE a limited form of democracy.
In Ancient Greece, a limited form of democracy began in Athens. Athens actually practiced a form of democracy for about 100 years, however, the only free citizens at that time were men.
It transited over time from monarchy, to oligarchy, to limited democracy, to radical democracy, to limited democracy.
A direct democracy with enforced participation
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