The biggest
test for the Athenian democracy was the rise of the political system of oligarchy at the end of
Athens' Golden Age. An oligarchy is a government ruled by a few wealthy people or groups.
Athens' oligarchy rose in response to the unilateral military defeat that occurred in 409 BCE
Sicily.
Critics such as Thucydides...
href="https://www.ancient.eu/Athenian_Democracy/">https://www.ancient.eu/Athenian_Democracy/
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