num_pages: 144
description: Athens is often considered to have been the birth place of democracy but there were many democracies in Greece during the Archaic and Classical periods and this is a study of the other democratic states. Robinson begins by discussing ancient and modern definitions of democracy, he then examines Greek terminology, investigates the evidence for other early democratic states and draws conclusions about its emergence.
language: English
title: The First Democracies: Early popular government outside Athens
titlecomplete: The First Democracies: Early popular government outside Athens (Historia - Einzelschriften)
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag