What did the ancient Athenians mean by demokratia ? Demokratia was the system of rule under which the ancient Athenians lived under , the term comes from the Greek word "demos" meaning people . The idea was that it was the people themselves who ruled, not a monarchy or a few powerful people. The system was characterized by the fact that it was stateless. It was based on the ideals that every citizen was equal and every citizen …
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…But for all its faults, the Athenians managed to establish a level of participatory democracy not matched by any future democracy-they set an example that we can still learn from today. Bibliography: Blackwell, C.W -An Introduction to Classical Athenian Democracy, Furman University, 2002 Finley,M.I.- Democracy Ancient and Modern,(London 1969) Hansen, M.H- The Athenian Democracy in the ages of Demosthenes,( Oxford 1991) Jones, A.H-Athenian Democracy (Oxford 1975) Satori,G.-Democratic Theory (New York)