Athens of ancient Greece, the birthplace of democracy ... lifting of emergency martial law share some similarities with direct democracy in Athens. In direct democracy, a leader already ostracized ...

Historian Bettany Hughes explores the realities of ancient Athenss ... and place Although ancient Athens still retains its reputation as a pure and shining democracy its history tells a more ...

The Republic, the best-known work of ancient Greek philosopher Plato, authored around 375BC, has shaped western political thought. Greece is now known as the “cradle of democracy”. Not only was the ...