Resources on ancient Greek laws, governments and constitutions of the ancient Greeks, especially of Athens and Sparta.

A guide to the pages from the Ancient / Classical History site at About covering Ancient Greece (especially Athens and Sparta), the Greeks, Hellenes, Argive, Achaeans, and Danaans, their lifestyle, technology, language, literature, and philosophy.

Parthenon

Law-givers, legal systems, constitutions, readings and documents about the laws of ancient civilizations.

People known to have been ostracized in Athens.

Fires in Greece

Evolution of coins from and the use of money in antiquity.

Democracy was developed by the people of Athens. It was considered by the others to be a form of mob rule since all the citizens in Athens voted. Oligarchy was the norm and democracy the exception.

Democracy was an invention of the ancient Greeks living in small polis or city-state of Athens. Sparta, another Greek polis, adopted a very different form of government involving kings. Rule by the best, or aristocrats, was common.