Over a period of a thousand years it went from Monarchy to Oligarchy to Tyranny to Oligarchy to Limited Democracy to Direct Democracy to broad-based Oligarchy to Direct Democracy to Oligarchy to Direct Democracy etc etc.
First a king, then an aristocracy, then a tyrant, then a democracy, then an oligarchy, then a democracy, then an oligarchy, then a democracy, then a king.
It started as a monarchy, became an oligarchy, then a tyranny, then limited democracy, then an oligarchy, then a radical democracy, then a limited democracy.
Monarchy, oligarchy, tyranny, limited democracy, radical democracy, oligarchy, limited democracy,.
Government by a group; and not by a monarch. democracy is an oligarchy.
Government by a group; and not by a monarch. democracy is an oligarchy.
It started as a monarchy, became an oligarchy, then a tyranny, then limited democracy, then an oligarchy, then a radical democracy, then a limited democracy.
oligarchy
The Spartan governent was a fusion of monarchy (the kings), oligarchy (the Gerousia) and democracy (the assembly/Ecclesia).
It started as monarchy, replaced by oligarchy, then tyranny, then limited democracy, democracy, radical democracy, and reverted to limited democracy, then oligarchy, then limited democracy, over a period of a thousand years.
Democracy
Athens had a democracy; Sparta, an oligarchy.