During the Classical era and Hellenistic era of Classical Antiquity, many Hellenic city-states had adopted democratic forms of government, in which free (non-slave), native (non-foreigner) adult male citizens of the city took a major and direct part in the management of the affairs of state, such as declaring war, voting supplies, dispatching diplomatic missions and ratifying treaties. These activities were often handled by a form of direct democracy, based on a popular assembly. Others, of judicial and official nature, were often handled by large juries, drawn from the citizen body in a process known as sortition.
By far the most well-documented and studied example is the Athenian democracy in Athens. However, there are documented examples of at least fifty-two Greek city-states[1] including Corinth, Megara, and Syracuse that also had democratic regimes during part of their history. According to Ober (2015),[2] the proportion of Greek city-states with democratic regimes gradually increased from the mid 6th century BC to the end of the 4th century BC, when perhaps half of the one-thousand Greek city-states in existence at the time had democratic regimes.
^Robinson, Eric W. (2011). Democracy beyond Athens: Popular Government in the Greek Classical Age. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-10-737704-2.
^Ober, Josiah (2015). The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691173146.
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