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- Fifth-century Athens was the Greek city-state of Athens in the time from 480 to 404 BC. Formerly known as the Golden Age of Athens, the latter part being the Age of Pericles, it was buoyed by political hegemony, economic growth and cultural flourishing.
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Fifth-century Athens was the Greek city-state of Athens in the time from 480 to 404 BC. Formerly known as the Golden Age of Athens, the latter part being the Age of Pericles, it was buoyed by political hegemony, economic growth and cultural flourishing.
Apr 3, 2018 · Athenian Democracy refers to the system of democratic government used in Athens, Greece from the 5th to 4th century BCE. Under this system, all male citizens - the dēmos - had equal political rights, freedom of speech, and the opportunity to participate directly in the political arena.
- Mark Cartwright
- Athenian democracy was a system of government where all male citizens could attend and participate in the assembly which governed the city-state. T...
- All male citizens of Athens could attend the assembly which made political decisions. In practice, this assembly usually involved a maximum of 6000...
- The Athenian statesman Pericles defined democracy as a system which protects the interests of all the people, not just a minority. He also said tha...
- Cleisthenes changed Athenian democracy becuase he redefined what it was to be a citizen and so removed the influence of traditional clan groups. No...
Hippocrates was a 5th-century native of the Dorian island of Cos, but the writings that have survived are probably not his personal work. Many of them contain references to northern Greek places such as Thasos and Abdera, a reminder that intellectual activity went on outside Athens.
Athens’s expansion. The 6th century bce was a period of phenomenal growth, particularly during the tyranny of Peisistratus and his sons (c. 560–510 bce). On the Acropolis the old primitive shrines began to be replaced with large stone temples.
Apr 19, 2024 · The Parthenon is the centrepiece of a 5th-century-BCE building campaign on the Acropolis in Athens. Constructed during the High Classical period, it is generally considered to be the culmination of the development of the Doric order , the simplest of the three Classical Greek architectural orders .
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The invasion then sparked what ultimately developed to be the Greco-Persian wars of the 5th century BCE, where Athens played a leading role among the Greek city-states involved. The initial beginning of this war in 492-490 went well for the Persians, as they destroyed the Greek city of Eretria and captured territory in the Cyclades and Thrace.
Mar 30, 2016 · Ostracism was a political process used in 5th-century BCE Athens whereby those individuals considered too powerful or dangerous to the city were exiled for 10 years by popular vote.
