About this episode

This episode discusses the history of democracy and oligarchy in ancient Greece with guest Matt Simonton.

In this episode of the podcast, we talk to Matt Simonton about the history of democracy and oligarchy in ancient Greece, how oligarchy declined, and democracy triumphed, and how democracy eventually disappeared in the Greek world.

People in this episode

Host: Owain Williams

Guest: Matt Simonton

Topics covered

• democracy
• oligarchy
• ancient Greece
• political history
• decline of oligarchy
• triumph of democracy

Keywords

• ancient Greece
• democracy
• oligarchy
• political systems
• historical decline
• Greek world

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Places: Greece

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