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Democracy in Athens
Athens was a city state ruled in this direct democratic way. The execution of socrates, right at the end of the fifth century b c is an important date to remember. There were quite a lot of obligations placed on a citizen and that was recognized later on by giving people payment for attending these kinds of or institutions. It's quite a developed idea of what they have to do, even though it seems to us a narrow idea of who they are.