Part 15 - The appearance and construction of Democracy - childhood to maturity in Greece

The basic structure of the judicial system was set by the end of the fifth century. However, in the fourth century there was considerable additional development….The role and control of the Assembly continued throughout the fourth century. There were a number of changes made to increase the involvement of the Assembly, principally focused on making the Assembly as representative as possible and expanding participation.

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Part 11 - The appearance and construction of Democracy - childhood to maturity in Greece

The movement to a new version of democracy was based on a partnership between the political clubs and some intellectually sophisticated aristocrats. The clubs provided the terror tactics to crush opposition and the aristocrats developed a new constitution.

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Part 4 - The appearance & construction of Democracy - childhood to maturity in Greece

As per the prior post, there was much credit to give to the Athenians and their new political structure. However, the growing power and confidence and consequent hubris, began to change the Delian League as Athens progressively asserted its will on its allies.

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Part 1 - The appearance and construction of Democracy - childhood to maturity in Greece

In this second series, I continue outlining the early years of Democracy. The prior 5-part series, The appearance of Democracy - birth to infancy in Greece, covered the development of the seeds and some saplings (750 to 500 B.C.).

This section, The appearance & construction of Democracy - childhood to maturity in Greece, moves forward in time to the growth of a fully formed tree. (500 to 322 B.C.).

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