; Solon, the man who encouraged trade and the popular assembly’s ratification of laws, creating an oligarchic plutocratic democracy in 594 B.C.E. ; Peisistratus, a military hero helped kick the noble class out in 560 B.C.E. ; and Cleisthenes, who helped the popular assembly to be capable of making laws in 507 B.C.E. After these changes, Hellenistic Athens simply ended up with what we usually classify as a “limited democracy.” Sparta, however, remained constant with a diarchy; one king specialized in the military issues, while the other king ruled the nation. After the kings, the greatest amounts of powers were given to the Five Ephers.
The Ancient Greece culture has made many contributions to Western Civilization. The Ancient Greeks affected government, fine arts, concept of armies, and medics. The Greek culture has had a very profound impact on the way people live and run their societies today. The biggest contribution from Ancient Greece is their government. Greece had the first known democracy.
At the time of democratic Athens a very influential figure took the chance of becoming a king in a democratic society, Pericles in some ways he achieved what he set out to do, Pericles had a great influence on the Athenian democracy, a great example of his influence is his funeral oration or his famed building programme. Athens may have let a power hungry noble slip through its wise fingers but Athens would never let an inferior get close to partaking in political ‘meetings.’ Athenian
Plato's society is one built around excellence and formed under an aristocratic class that thrives off of the necessity to be as first-rate as possible. Unlike most caste systems, his differs in that each class is so because of their individual excellence in their specified area of expertise: "There are three distinct classes, any meddling of one with another, or the change of one into another, is the greatest harm to the State, [and] on the other hand when the trader, the auxiliary, and the guardian each do their own business, that is morality and will make the city just" (433b). To keep his society of excellence
Democracy appeared in Athens with the reform created by Cleisthenes in the beginning of the fifth century B.C. The word democracy comes from the Greeks words demos, meaning people, and kratia meaning power. There were many elements that went into making this democracy. One, was the type of people who participated in the democracy. Also, the nature of the city-state would impact the democracy of Greek culture.
Compare and Contrast Athens and Sparta Culturally and Politically Essay Matias Antezana P.2 1/14/13 The two rivals of ancient Greece that made the most historical information and gave us the most traditions were Athens and Sparta. They were close together on a map, yet far apart in what they valued and how they lived their lives. One of the main ways they were similar was in their form of government. Both Athens and Sparta had an Assembly, whose members were elected by the people. Sparta was ruled by two kings, who ruled until they died or were forced out of office.
Over time civilizations have adopted different types of government. During Plato’s time, the Athenian form of government was a democracy. However, the Athenian’s democracy differed from many democracies that exist today. During Plato’s time, he was living in a direct democracy. A direct democracy is form of government in which the citizens have a say in how their government runs.
Introduction In seeking to answer the question I propose to examine certain aspects of Augustus’ rise to power and the way he obtained and exercised his auctoritas/Ἀξιώματι/influence and became the de facto if not de jure, sole ‘leader’ for Rome. Looking at the auctoritas and potestas/Έξουσίας/powers he had and the way he exercised them was he the first emperor of Rome having destroyed the Republic, did he actually save the Republic? given the state it was in or did he do something else? The argument presented here is that Augustus did not destroy the Republic. His use of his powers and his positions were within the Republican framework of the time – even if, on occasions, at its accepted margins.
‘The Roman Republic was a Victim of its own success’. To what extent do you believe this to be an accurate representation of the Fall of the Roman Republic? The Roman Republic was one of the very earliest forms of government and was the beginning of the greatest Empire that the world has ever seen. It was the first real government of Rome and comprised of the Senate, which was controlled by Patricians but could also be influenced by the Plebeian tribunes who represented the middle and working classes in Roman society. It was very successful and at times controlled vast swathes of the World.
Sparta created a very strong military system that allowed them to become the best one around and therefore permitting Sparta to not only manage to defend their land but keep the Messenians under control. The strong Spartan military also achieved the defeat of the Persians and the creation of the best military the world had seen. The Athens entered their Golden Age in 594 B.C. under the rule of Solon. Solon created a government that was based on a democracy, allowing all male citizens to have an opinion and vote on certain issues that were taking place.