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Building Democracy in Late Archaic Athens by Jessica Paga, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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Building Democracy in Late Archaic Athens by Jessica Paga, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters
Building Democracy in Late Archaic Athens by Jessica Paga, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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Building Democracy in Late Archaic Athens by Jessica Paga, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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In 508/7 B. C.E., after years of chaos and uncertainty, the city of Athens was rocked by a momentous occurrence: the passage of a series of reforms that resulted in what has come to be known as the world's first democracy. Exactly how the Athenians did this is still a fundamental question 2, 500years later. The results of the reforms transformed the very nature of what it meant to be Athenian and their far-reaching effects would come to leave their mark on nearly every aspect of society, including the structures at which they prayed and in which they debated legislation. By attending to the built environment broadly, and monumental architecture specifically, this book investigates the built environment of ancient Athens precisely during this time, the late Archaic period (ca. 514/13 - 480/79 B. C.E.). It was these decades, filled with transition and disorder, whenthe Athenians transformed their political system from a tyranny to a democracy. Concurrent with the socio-political changes, they altered the physical landscape and undertook the monumental articulation of the city and countryside. Interpreting the nature of the fledgling democracy from a materialstandpoint, this book approaches the questions and problems of the early political system through the lens of buildings. The focus on monumental structures erected during this particular time period demonstrates how the built environment worked to facilitate the functioning of the nascent political regime. While Athenian democracy - its institutions, ideology, and capabilities - has been intensively studied, littleattention has been paid to the intersection between built structures and the political system during its earliest phases. This book draws attention to a pivotal period of Athenian political history through the built environment, thereby exposing the richness of the material record and illustratinghow it participated in the creation of a new democratic Athenian identity. | Building Democracy in Late Archaic Athens by Jessica Paga, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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