The Cities of Greece as Models for Political Development

There were 15 hundred or so of city states, and they ranged in size from a few hundred to a hundred thousand living inside the walls. And all our terms for government originated from this period. There was a wide spectrum of constitutional government. One model was what the athenians, you know, isagorea complete a free speech and equalitynd by that,. i mean each person that could fit into the eclicea or the assembly, maybe twice a month, they had equality of expression.