What types of government did ancient Athens have?

Athens in the 5th to 4th century BCE had an extraordinary system of government: democracy. Under this system, all male citizens had equal political rights, freedom of speech, and the opportunity to participate directly in the political arena. read more

Ancient Athens was the first known Democracy. The Athenian democracy was the rule of the mob. This is verydifferent from democracy in United States, which is referred to asa Republican democracy. read more

Athens was generally ahead of the trends of it’s time in Greece politically (and otherwise of course). The question seemed to be how to be able to better control its’ people without expending too much force. read more