Athenian democracy

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Athenian democracy was the pioneering system of direct citizen rule developed in classical Athens, where eligible male citizens participated personally in legislative and judicial decision-making.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf direct democracy ⓘ
political institution ⓘ
system of government ⓘ
associatedWith Cleisthenes ⓘ
Pericles ⓘ
Solon ⓘ
linked to: Solon of Athens
characterizedBy direct participation of citizens ⓘ
majority rule ⓘ
ostracism ⓘ
payment for public office ⓘ
popular assembly ⓘ
rotation of office ⓘ
sortition ⓘ
citizenEligibility adult male citizens ⓘ
free-born of citizen parents (in later period) ⓘ
usually over 18 years old ⓘ
developedIn classical Athens ⓘ
linked to: Classical Athens
emergedAfter reforms of Cleisthenes ⓘ
emergedInCentury 5th century BCE ⓘ
endedAfter Macedonian domination of Athens ⓘ
excludesGroup resident foreigners (metics) ⓘ
slaves ⓘ
women ⓘ
hasCouncil Boule ⓘ
Council of 500 ⓘ
hasInstitution Areopagus (with limited powers) ⓘ
linked to: Areopagus
hasJudicialBody Heliaia ⓘ
people's courts ⓘ
hasLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
hasLegislativeBody Assembly of the Demos ⓘ
Ekklesia ⓘ
linked to: Ecclesia
hasMechanism ostracism vote ⓘ
hasReform Cleisthenic reforms ⓘ
linked to: Cleisthenes

Periclean reforms ⓘ
Solonian reforms ⓘ
linked to: Solon of Athens
hasVotingMethod secret ballot (in some courts) ⓘ
show of hands ⓘ
influenced concept of direct democracy ⓘ
modern democratic theory ⓘ
influencedBy hoplite citizen-soldier culture ⓘ
polis structure ⓘ
limitedBy imperial control over allies ⓘ
social inequality ⓘ
locatedIn Athens ⓘ
ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
reachedPeakDuring Age of Pericles ⓘ
timePeriod 5th–4th centuries BCE ⓘ
usesSelectionMethod lottery ⓘ
sortition of officials ⓘ

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Treasury of the Athenians → associatedWith → Athenian democracy ⓘ
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Battle of Arginusae → associatedWith → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Theatre of Dionysus → associatedWith → Athenian democracy ⓘ
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Athenian magistrates → usedIn → Athenian democracy ⓘ
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Peisistratid tyranny in Athens → followedBy → Athenian democracy ⓘ
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Thirty Tyrants → precededBy → Athenian democracy ⓘ
subject linked to: the Thirty Tyrants
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Assembly of the Demos → partOf → Athenian democracy ⓘ
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linked to: Athenian democracy
Athenian School of literature → associatedWith → Athenian democracy ⓘ
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