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Classical Athens
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city-state in ancient Greece
Classical Athens was a city-state in ancient Greece that flourished around the 5th and 4th centuries BCE. It matters because it developed influential systems of democracy, philosophy, and culture that shaped Western civilization and continue to be studied and debated today.
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- Demonym
- Ἀθηναῖος
- Image
- View of the Acropolis Athens (pixinn.net).jpg
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- Commons category
- Ancient Athens
- native label
- Ἀθῆναι
- inception
- 0700-00-00
- P8168
- Henri Jeanson
- P12749
- Karl von Pflanzer-Baltin
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Classical or ancient Athens (Ancient Greek: Ἀθῆναι, Athênai [atʰɛ̂ːnai̯]; Modern Greek: Αθήναι, Athine [aˈθine]) was the major urban centre of the notable polis (city-state) of Athens during the classical period (480–323 BC) of ancient Greece, located in Attica, Greece. The Athenian democracy, established in 508 BC by Cleisthenes following the tyranny of Isagoras, remained remarkably stable and, with a few brief interruptions, remained in place for 180 years.