Democracy Beyond Athens: Popular Government in the Greek Classical Age (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521843317)

What was ancient democracy like? Why did it spread in ancient Greece? An astonishing number of volumes has been devoted to the well-attested Athenian case, while non-Athenian democracy - for which evidence is harder to come by - has received only fleeting attention. Nevertheless, there exists a scattered body of ancient material regarding democracy beyond Athens, from ancient literary authors and epigraphic documents to archaeological evidence, out of which one can build an understanding of the phenomenon. This book presents a detailed study of ancient Greek democracy in the Classical period (480 - 323 BC), focusing on examples outside Athens. It has three main goals: to identify where and when democratic governments established themselves in ancient Greek city-states; to explain why democracy spread to many parts of Greece in this period; and to further our understanding of the nature of ancient democracy by studying its practices beyond Athens.

Author: Eric W. Robinson
ISBN-10: 0521843316
ISBN-13: 9780521843317
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/22/2011
Pages: 286
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2012