DEMOCRACY IN ANCIENT ATHENS. Vth CENTURY B. C.

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DEMOCRACY IN ANCIENT ATHENS. Vth CENTURY B. C.
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THE POLIS

• Its formed by quite a small territory which
  includes a central city and the rural space in
  the citys surroundings.
• Its the principal institution of sociopolitical
  organisation in Ancient Greece.
• The most prominent examples Sparta and Athens.

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Sparta
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Social organization in Sparta

• A privileged and militarized class the homoioi.
• The apella, the gerousia, the ephors and the two
  kings.
• Farmers, craftsmen and merchants the perioeci.
• The slaves the helots.

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Athens
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GOVERNMENT ORGANS IN ATHENS

• ALL THE ATHENS CITIZENS
• TO VOTE TAXES AND LAWS
• TO DECLARE THE WAR

EKKLESIA
POPULAR COURTS
BOULE

• 500 CITIZENS, ELEC-
• TED FOR ONE YEAR
• TO REDACT THE LAWS

• 6000 CITIZENS
• ELECTED AT RANDOM

MAGISTRATES

• TO RULE ATHENS POLI-
• TICS AND ATHENS ARMY
• ELECTED FOR ONE YEAR

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PRINCIPAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ATHENS DEMOCRACY

• All the citizens have the same rights (isonomia)
• All the citizens are allowed and encouraged to
  speak in the Ekklesia (isogoria)
• All the citizens have the same chances to hold a
  political post (isocracia)
• Take for granted that women, foreign people and
  slaves are excluded of Athens citizenship.

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The man Pericles (490-429)

• He was the leader of Athens democratic group for
  more than thirty years.
• All over those years, he took a lot political
  posts. For fifteen years he was reelected for
  that of estratega, something like the leader of
  Athens army.
• During the time of his leadership it was decided
  to build the Parthenon.

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COMPARISON WITH MODERN DEMOCRACY
GREEK DEMOCRACY
MODERN DEMOCRACY
ECLESIA
LEGISLATIVE POWER
PARLIAMENT
GOVERNMENT
MAGISTRATES
EXECUTIVE POWER
JUDGES
JUDICIAL POWER