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Who Was Allowed to Rule in Ancient Athens? - The Athenian Assembly and the Reality of Direct Democracy | Sleepy Facts About History
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When we picture ancient Greek democracy, it is easy to imagine a philosophical ideal or a small cluster of famous men debating in a refined interior. The historical reality was much rougher, larger, and more physically immediate. On a dusty hillside just west of the Athenian Agora, thousands of ordinary men—farmers, sailors, and potters—gathered forty mornings a year to raise their hands and directly decide whether to send warships to sea, spend public funds, or declare war. This was the…
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