Ancient Greek Democracies
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2026
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-94829-6 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-94829-6 (ISBN)
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Democracies were widespread across the ancient Greek world for 500 years and required high levels of participation. Matthew Simonton draws on textual and material evidence to trace their emergence, growth, consolidation and decline and explains the characteristic ideological, institutional, and material-cultural features of democratic poleis.
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 marshalled 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 lower-class men but also 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.
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 marshalled 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 lower-class men but also 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.
Matthew Simonton is Associate Professor of Classics at Princeton University, having previously worked at Arizona State University. His first book, Classical Greek Oligarchy: A Political History (2017), received the 2018 Runciman Award from the Anglo-Hellenic League. He is currently at work on a political and culture history of ancient Greek demagoguery.
Introduction; 1. From Eunomia to Dēmokratia, 510–451/0 BCE; 2. A Contested Existence, 451/0–362 BCE; 3. The Heyday of Ancient Greek Democracies, 362–146 BCE; 4. (D)evolutions of Democracy, 146 BCE to Late Antiquity; Appendix. Instances of 'Democracy' on Stone.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.5.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Key Themes in Ancient History |
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte |
| ISBN-10 | 1-108-94829-4 / 1108948294 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-108-94829-6 / 9781108948296 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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