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Ancient Greek democracy emerged in its most fully developed form in Athens in the mid-fifth century BCE. Naturally, under the conditions prevailing in the ancient world, women, noncitizens, and slaves were excluded from political rights (Cartledge 2002a: chs. 4-5; Raaflaub 1998: 26-36); in world history, the political enfranchisement of women and the full integration of the descendants of slaves are very recent phenomena, and noncitizens generally remain excluded. Despite these limitations, Athenian democracy was most radical in realizing the idea of an egalitarian and participatory citizen community; it was unparalleled in the ancient world, and after its demise at the end of the fourth century it was not matched again for more than two millennia. Emerging in an extraordinary constellation after the Persian Wars and, remarkably, in an imperial city, this democracy remained exceptional. But more moderate democracies sprang up in other Greek communities as well.Earlier, by the end of the sixth century, "proto-democratic" or "isonomic" constitutions, based on the equal participation of at least the landowning citizens who qualified for service in the army, became quite common in the

Author

Kurt A. Raaflaub

Publisher

Wiley-Interscience; Wiley-Blackwell

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781118877784

Subjects

Literary Criticism, Political Science, Humanities