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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      27 March 2026
      09 April 2026
      ISBN:
      9781108951586
      9781108844543
      9781108948296
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108951586
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.507kg, 242 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.325kg, 242 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Ancient History, Classical Studies, History of Ideas, Politics and International Relations
      Series:
      Key Themes in Ancient History
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    Ancient History, Classical Studies, History of Ideas, Politics and International Relations
    Series:
    Key Themes in Ancient History
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    Classical Athenian democracy is rightly famous, but democracy flourished in other parts of the Greek world as well. In this clear and fascinating book, Matthew Simonton traces the emergence, growth, consolidation, and decline of democratic city-states over the millennium down to the fifth century CE. He argues for the widespread and highly participatory nature of democratic constitutions across the Greek world, particularly in the fourth, third, and second centuries BCE. Readers will also learn to appreciate the characteristic ideological, institutional, and material-cultural features of democratic poleis. The evidence marshaled includes literary texts, inscriptions, coins, archaeological remains, and monumental art. The book does not shy away from the fact that ancient Greek democracies both empowered lowerclass men and rested on a series of exclusions (of women, enslaved people, and foreigners). Nevertheless, dēmokratia emerges as a major facet of ancient Greek culture and society.

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