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Pericles was influential but not a ruler. Under the radical democracy system he introduces any citizen could be appointed - most were selected by lot from among the citizens, and to offset this, they were appointed in large numbers to ensure that there were some sensible and responsible ones in the mix. There was a council of 500 of which 50 were on duty 24/7. The exception was the ten generals - the people were not about to be led in war by some idiot whose name was drawn out of a barrel so each of the 10 tribes nominated a general they could trust.

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