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Was Ancient Athens Truly A Democracy?

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Was Ancient Athens Truly a Democracy? Ancient Athens was a democracy because people were not in charge of the city, but only the citizen men were allowed to suggest towards the law. Also, citizen men were the only people who could actually vote and have a say in the laws. Women, children and slaves were given no rights and freedom of speech. Women were like slaves to the “citizen” men, but if they had the right to vote then it is a democracy because it won’t have everyone's decision. Not only was it ran just by men with tyrant leaders who abused the power and made persuaded people into decisions. Furthermore, people in Ancient Athens were only considered citizens if they had both parents in their lives. “The franchise is open to all men who

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