The principles of the Athenian democracy, including citizen participation, equality and free speech, are still what we need ...

Ancient Greek laws against tyrants permitted the killing of authoritarians who attacked democracy. Still, popular sovereignty ...

What was ancient democracy like? Why did it spread in ancient Greece? An astonishing number of volumes has been devoted to the well-attested Athenian case, while non-Athenian democracy – for which ...

As Americans go to the polls Tuesday, the U.S. presidential standard bearers describe a nation whose very soul hangs in the ...

In ancient Athens, citizens met regularly to vote on the laws that changed their daily lives using a simple show of hands by all. I say all… women, slaves and foreigners were banned from voting.

The Agora of Ancient Athens is a 30-acre outdoor archeological site ... The Agora was at the center of commerce, government, philosophy, and religion for the Athenian people. As a meeting place, the ...

Remains of an ancient Greek gymnasium. In 800BC, almost 300 years after the Dark Age began, Greek civilisation slowly emerged again. The Greeks started trading more with the outside world ...

Technological achievements ranging from Ancient Greece to Byzantium will be presented at the 3rd International Conference of ...