0
By the system called direct democracy. : )
Pericles first had Thucydides son of Melesias ostracised and expelled, which took out the leader of the conservative opposition. He then devolved power to the Assembly of all citizens, which met fortnightly and gave directions to the Council of 500 which carried out the Assembly's directions. The law courts were also manned by citizen juries, with no judges to interfere in their decisions of guilt and punishment.
All office-bearers were chosen by lot - ie at random. This left power in the hands of the citizens. Pericles himself, as 'First Citizen', had to persuade the Assembly to follow his proposed courses of action, not always successfully.
This radical democracy had its failings, especially when the people were led astray by slick orators in the Assembly, and this became the undoing of Athens in the Peloponnesian War when it was defeated and stripped of its empire.
Prior to Pericles reign, only the aristocrats were permitted to run for and hold political office. He expanded democracy by allowing lower-class men to run for political office as well. He also supported philosophers, architects and authors and was considered one of Greeceâ??s great statesmen.
In the late 460s BCE democratic leader Ephialtes took power from the aristocratic Council of the Areapagus to fully establish the democracy begun by Cleisthenes in 508 BCE. Ephialtes was assassinated for this and his deputy Pericles took over the democratic leadership after organising the banishment of the popular conservative leader war hero Cimon.
As part of maintaining his leading position he first organised the banishment of the conservative leader Thucydides son of Melesias, and radicalised the democracy by organising fortnightly meetings of the citizen body which directed the city in detail, with the Council carrying out its orders. The law courts were also run by large juries without judges, deciding both verdicts and sentences.
This left the citizens in control, for better or worse. Later on after Pericles' death of the plague in 429 BCE it was more often for worse as demagogues were able to influence the people to do stupid things, and several times the radical democracy was replaced by broad-based oligarchies to get the city out of trouble.
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Who was the Athenian statesman during the golden age who promoted the idea of democracy?
The Greek statesman Pericles then expanded the democracy. He was an Athenian statesman who had an impact on politics that remains today.
Who was leader of the Athenian democracy during golden age?
the most powerful leader in the golden age was pericles the olympian who lead the city to it's height in culture.
Who incureged pericles to do democracy?
who told pericles to do democracy
What is the significant about the age of pericles?
UnderPericles, who was a dominant figure in Athenian politics between 461 and 429 B.C, Athens expanded its new empire abroad. At the same time, democracy flourished at home. This period of Athenian and Greek history, which historians have called the Age of Pericles, saw the height of Athenian power and brilliance.
During the Age of Pericles the Athenians became deeply attached to their political system of?
Direct Democracy
What type of government was Pericles?
Pericles was not a democracy. Pericles was a statesman in Athens and was considered today as a general. Pericles did not make Democracy. The people of Greece did.
Trace the growth of Athenian democracy from Draco to Pericles?
pericles was not known at the father of athenian democracy cleisteins is consideres to be father of sthenian democracy
Who extended Athens's democracy?
Pericles extended Athen's Democracy. :)
Who strengthened greek democracy?
Pericles strengthened the greek democracy
Who started the idea of democracy?
pericles
Who extended democracy in Athens?
Pericles.
Who was a great champion of democracy and rebuilt Athens after the Persian Wars?
Pericles
