Did Ancient Greece have a good political system?

Whilst for Athens, it is possible to piece together a more complete history, we have only an incomplete picture of the systems in most city-states and many details ... read more

First of all, ancient Greece was never a united state. It did not have a common government, or even a completely monolithic culture. And while the name “Hellas” has been used for millennia, no unified Greek state existed until the 19th century. That said, several innovative government methods were employed all over Greece. read more

The word democracy derives from the Greek dēmos which referred to the entire citizen body and although it is Athens which has become associated with the birth of democracy (demokratia) from around 460 BCE, other Greek states did establish a similar political system, notably, Argos, (briefly) Syracuse, Rhodes, and Erythrai. read more