Ancient greece government
There were different types of governments in Greece at this time because there were different cities and townships that had their own requirements. Monarchs were replaced with a council of 500 hundred people. The Athenian people were divided into 10 different tribes and each tribe elected 50 representatives.
Athens was a democracy where people voted for their Government and most of the people had involvement in the government. On the other hand the state Sparta was a monarchy which was lead by two Kings who shared power and also had five magistrates who were elected by upper-class families.
Democracy: Where the people have the right to vote for their government.
Monarchy: Where the goverment is led by a king or a queen.
Democracy: Where the people have the right to vote for their government.
Monarchy: Where the goverment is led by a king or a queen.
Famous Leaders
Perciles
Perciles was born around the time of 493 BC into a family that had average riches. On his mothers side he was related to Cleisthenes and on his fathers side was a famous general. Little is known from his young life however in his late 20's he hosted a festival which bought entertainment to the whole city. This is when he got noticed, he also got married at this time and had 2 sons. His first involvement in politics was when he difined the moment of Athenian democracy with a politician named Ephialtes. Once he entered the higher ranking of Athinian politics he lead several military missions in the next decade and approved final peace with Persia. He then went on to lead Athens for around 30 years.
Alexander the great
Alexander was born in 356 BC in Pella. He was the son of Phillip II, King of Macedonia, and Olympias, the Princess of Epirus. When he was 13 his father hired a personal tutor for Alexander named Aristotle who educated him well, this came to much use later in his life. Phillip had assembled a massive army to destroy Thrace and he left his 16 year old son with the role of ruling Macedonia in his fathers absence. During the time of his fathers absence the Maedi tribe posed a major threat to the country and he assembled an army and defeated the tribe and renamed it after himself to Alexandropolis. Two years later in 338 BC Phillip gave his son a guard post among the senior generals as the Macedonians invaded Greece. As a result of the Battle of Chaeronea the Greeks were defeated and from this day forward they still believe they won the battle because of his bravery.