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As Athens was a radical democracy, it's citizens met fortnightly and voted on laws and other issues. The Council
His first major political challenge was made by Thucydides son of Melesias, who formed the first recorded political party which used to vote as a bloc in the fortnightly Assembly of citizens. This party was conservative and opposed o Pericles' aggressive external policies and the handouts he used to bribe the citizens with - obtained from Athens' empire. He solved this by having Thucydides exiled, which disrupted his party.
He continued to exercise influence by his oratory and pandering to the masses. The aggress external policies which he promoted served as a distraction from internal problems, and also to sway the Assembly to follow his lead. Although he had no specific political power, he managed to be the best orator with the most attractive policies for the majority of citizens, who usually followed him in voting because it was in their own self-interest.
His aggressive policies led Athens into war with the Peloponnesian League but he died of the plague after a couple of years, so we don't know how he would have handled it in the longer term. His successors certainly fumbled it badly, leading to Athens' defeat, being stripped of its empire and becoming a second rate power.
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Yes, Pericles had a son - also pericles - with the metic Asphasia.
What type of government was Pericles?
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.
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The Greek statesman Pericles then expanded the democracy. He was an Athenian statesman who had an impact on politics that remains today.
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Pericles was not an inventor, he was an Athenian general and statesman who lived in the fifth century BC.
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Pericles' full name was Pericles, son of Xanthippus. He was an ancient Greek statesman and a general in Athens. He was born around 495 BC and died in 429 BC.
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Pericles died from the plague.
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Pericles died from the plague.
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Who was an opponent of Pericles
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What did Pericles beleive in
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No, Pericles is not single.
Did pericles have children?
Yes, Pericles had a son - also pericles - with the metic Asphasia.
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Pericles
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Pericles is a man's name. He is a character in Greek Myth and in the Shakespearean play Pericles.
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who told pericles to do democracy
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Yes , Pericles was an Athenian statesman .
What is the first name of Pericles?
Pericles IS his first name
What type of government was Pericles?
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.
