Athens: Birthplace of Democracy?
The Ancients
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The Different Types of Democracy That Emerged in Different Cities in the Greek World
Aristotle distinguished four different grades or types of democracy. Argos was an enemy of Sparta always, whereas Corinth typically was an ally of Sparta. We think there were possibly as many as 50, maybe more within the broad 5th 4th century B.C. within the broad Hellass Eastern Mediterranean. As many as 100 at any one time had a form of democracy.
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