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This 3 page paper considers the correlation between Athenian Democracy and Athenian Imperialism in the fifth and fourth centuries. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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democracy was founded, but this may be argued as an inaccurate assumption, Athens was a seat of a form of democracy, although it may be seen more linked to the
self image and the imperialism that is also seen within the Ancient Athenian civilization than with modern concepts of democracy, with Imperialism and democracy having some very similar characteristics.
Democracy in Athens was an interesting form of democracy where there was the freedom of the citizens to vote according to their own beliefs on any issues other than politics.
The Athenian system of democracy was based in the three pillars of democracy; the Assembly of Demos, the Council of 500 and the Peoples Court. These were not
the only bodies that made up the democratic infrastructure (Missiou, 2007). The shift within the social models of the Athenians did not occur suddenly, during the 6th and the 5th
centuries the main models were tyrannies or oligarchies, there were some areas which saw the use of legislative codes, but they were often corrupted and were controlled by those in
power in order to meet their own ends. It was argued by Solon that Greece was enslaved and corrupt (Osborne, 2009). Following the war with Persia Athens started to rebuild,
but there was an interesting imperialistic view, perceiving all other Greek states as subservient and as such as states that owed Athens taxes (Osborne, 2009). The ending of this war
enabled created the Anti-Persian League in a confederation, within this each state was assessed on their ability to contribute, but there was little doubt that the strongest state was Athens,
Furthermore where a state did not met their payments they would face force from Athens to maker those payments. Therefore, there was a shift from an apparent voluntary alliance into
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