Oligarchy and Democracy. The two city-states that best represent each

form of government were Sparta (oligarchy) and Athens (democracy). The

democratic government in Athens, though de cently equal, fair and fairly

advanced for its time, did not meet the needs of the Greeks. During a

time of many military battles Athens decided to worry more about comfort

and culture. It is the oligarchy in Sparta that put a war-like attitude

as it's first priority and best met the needs of Ancient Greece.

The Athenian democratic government, which may have given the citizens in

Greece more freedom, was not the best form of government at the time. The

democracy in Athens cannot really be called a true democracy since there

were several flaws in the governme nt and the way it worked. Only ten per

cent of the total population of Athens actually had voting rights and all

of these citizens were upper class men who were over thirty years old.

Women, no matter what the class or age, were given no freedom at all.

They were first owned by their fathers and then were passed from them to

their husbands who then gave them nothing more than the r

serve on the council. Since most of the population was of a lower

because they could handle the rigors of the military craze which was

better for the Ancient Greeks than the democratic government in Athens.

Athenian government happened in 404 B.C.

the Assembly lowered their earning potential , causing their already poor

though the Spartan army was not more larger then eight thousand men. The

when the Spartan army were able to conquer the mighty power known as

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