Why Have Historians Described the Democracy Created in Mid-Fifth-Century Athens

question 41

Multiple Choice

Why have historians described the democracy created in mid-fifth-century Athens under Pericles as "radical"?

• A) Athens's Golden Age produced an unusual number of radical philosophers, who encouraged new ways of thinking about political power.
• B) Pericles had seized control of the Athenian government by appealing to the most radical elements of the Athenian populace.
• C) All male residents over the age of eighteen were allowed to vote and participate in assembly meetings.
• D) All citizens, regardless of wealth, enjoyed equal protection under the law because the court system was removed from elite control.

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