Government of ancient Athens

first legislator of Athens in Ancient Greece

A timocracy (; from Greek τιμή timē, "honor, worth" and -κρατία -kratia, "rule") in Aristotle's Politics referred to a type of government in which citizens were equal in most respects, but their political participation was determined by a hierarchy based on property. Those whose wealth required them to contribute more to public expenses enjoyed greater political privileges in proportion to their means. More advanced forms of timocracy, where power derives entirely from wealth with no regard for social or civic responsibility, may shift in their form and become a plutocracy where the wealthy ru

7th century BC Athenian noble and coup leader

coup where the democratic government of ancient Athens was overthrown and replaced with a short-lived oligarchy known as The Four Hundred

constitution çreated by Solon in ancient Athens

The Naucrary and Naucraria () was a subdivision of the people of Attica, among the most ancient in the Athenian state. Each was led by an official called a naucrarus (). All sources for the institution date from after it had ceased to be particularly important and thus the nature of the naucraries is highly disputed in modern scholarship. They seem to have played a role in fiscal management and naval organisation.

508–507 BCE revolt by the people of Athens

military forces of Athens in Ancient Greece

a theoretical police force of Classical Athens