Democratic Athens
Direct democracy
Democratic Athens leans hardest toward Democracy, Hawk and Religious.
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Self-governing city-state organised into local demes.
Direct democracy: citizens voted in the assembly and officials were chosen by lot.
Prized free speech, yet put Socrates to death for impiety.
Turned the Delian League into its own empire.
Every citizen served as hoplite or rower.
Citizenship restricted to children of two Athenian parents.
State-owned silver mines at Laurion; the rich were obliged to fund warships and festivals.
Free markets, with officials capping the price of grain.
Seaborne trade, with grain imports carefully protected.
Civic religion of Athena woven into public life.
Women excluded from public life; slavery taken for granted.
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