Athens:
Democracy-rule by the people
Power in Council
Leading the Council was oligarchy (small group of rulers who controlled the judicial, military, civil and religious functions of government)
Oligarchy became powerful and passed laws for its benefit
Farmers and merchants revolted
Nobles saw the danger in the future, so they distributed land of the wealthy to the poor and it gave Assembly power to pass laws and elect gov't officials
Direct democracy developed-more people had a say in gov't
Beliefs: Majority rule (law making process and jury trials), all citizens equal
Women, slaves and foreigners were not citizens- unable to be in gov't, poor could not afford education and there were lotteries rather than elections.
Rome:
Republic-representative democracy, one citizen represents a number of others
Social structure: patricians (upper, landowners) and plebians (lower,......
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