Alternatives to Athens: Varieties of Political Organization and Community in Ancient Greece, a collection of essays edited by Roger Brock and Stephen Hodkinson (2003). Each chapter presents a different kind of Greek government: oligarchies, tyrannies, monarchies, and so on.
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Oligarchy means the rule of the few, and those few are generally the people who are richer and ... Oligarchies were not as common as monarchies in the ancient world. Right after the Dark Ages, most of the city-states in Greece were oligarchies, between about 1000 and about 500 BC. The Etruscans were also oligarchic.
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Oligarchy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An Oligarchy (Greek , Oligarkhía ) (oligocracy) is a form of government in which power effectively rests with a small elite segment of society distinguished by royal, wealth, intellectual, family,...
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Jun 6, 1999 ... Ancient Greece. The Archaic Period: 800-500 BC ... tyrranies never died out, but oligarchy became the settled norm of the Greek city-states. ...
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Whibley's Greek Oligarchies investigates oligarchic government in Classical Greece. Although oligarchy, the "rule of the few," was a major presence from the archaic age to the fourth century and beyond, it remains elusive, stymied by a paucity of sources. ... Ancient Library > Bookshelf > Whibley, Greek Oligarchies...
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However, neither wealth nor noble birth are necessary conditions for belonging to the privileged group which rules an oligarchy. ... Ancient Greek oligarchs characteristically possessed greater wealth and influence than the rest of the community, but noble birth was not a necessary condition for belonging to the ruling elite.
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Types of Ancient Greek Government ... Pheidon of Argos transitioned from this position to that of tyrant in order to thwart attempts by the aristocrats in forming an oligarchy. [1] Athens, associated with democracy, attempted rule by tyranny in 632, the most notorious known as Draco.
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Coming to the study of Greek history for the first time we often think of ancient Greek society as being geographically located entirely in the area of modern Greece. ... Different types of political systems, tyranny, monarchy, oligarchy and democracy are examined.
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Ancient History Sourcebook: 11th Brittanica: Sparta; The history of the Spartans from prehistory to the middle ages. Explains how ill-suited the Spartans were to rule the Greek world and how they surrendered hegemony to the Thebans.
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Ancient History Sourcebook: ... After Pericles died of the plague, Nicias took over and arranged a truce until the colorful character Alcibiades persuaded the Athenians to attack the Greek city-states in Sicily. The Athenian strength had always resided in her navy, but much of the Athenians' fleet was destroyed in this...
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