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Athens in the 5th Century BC

Athens in the 5th Century BC

Update: 2013-04-29
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Following the fall of the Peisistratid tyranny in Athens, the Athenians instituted a revolutionary new form of government: democracy. In this lecture, Dr Gillian Shepherd looks at the nature of Athenian democracy and how we think it might have functioned in the 5th century BC, including some of the structures and objects found in the Athenian agora which provide evidence for democracy at work.



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Athens in the 5th Century BC

Athens in the 5th Century BC

Dr Gillian Shepherd