The Ancient Greek

Government
Made by Harlan and Aran

Mostly Harlan.
The Ancient Greek Government
Ancient Greece was a Democratic
government, a style of
government that Ancient
Greece created themselves,
as the word democracy comes
from the Greek word demos
(people) and Kratos (Rule). It
refers to the system of
government which allows
ordinary people to have a say
in how they want to be
governed. Democracy was first
used in ancient Greek 2500
years ago, in Athens.
How was this Government elected?
Greek cities were all originally
monarchies, but the King of
Athens, Pisistratus, was
overthrown and the leader of the
constitution, Cleisthenes brought
forward the idea of Democracy and
established the world’s first
Democratic Government, with
power being held by all the male
citizens over the age of
18(excluding slaves and non-
Athenians) in 500BC.
After this occurred, other Greek cities
decided to follow this example and
became Democratic Governments.
 How were laws made?
As Athens was ruled by the people as a Democracy, they believed
that no group of people should be able to make the laws and so
citizens could vote for or against new laws. So to make laws they
held large meetings on a hill in Athens where any citizen could
speak, and tell the government what it should be doing. This was
called the Assembly, which was made up of only male citizens.
There had to be at least 6000 citizens at every assembly, or else it
wouldn’t take place.
 How was Law and Order kept in the
Society?
In order to keep law and order in Ancient
Greece, the Ancient Greeks created the
court system much like we use today. It
was a system made to ‘convict’, and
‘sentence’ guilty people who have
committed crimes. This usually lead to a
vote on either the person was guilty or not
guilty, and if found guilty, another vote by
the jury which would decide the
punishment.
Common punishments included:
 Death
 Imprisonment
 Loss of Civil Rights
 Exile
 And Fines
 What Type of Laws did this
Government Make?
The first ever law in Ancient Greece was made by a man called Draco
around 620 BC.
It was called the Homicide law. The person guilty of homicide would be
exiled from the city. Greece had many laws that fit into the four basic
categories of Greek Law.
 Tort Law- When someone does damage to you or your property (e.g
vandalism and murder)
 Family Laws- Laws that regulated the behavior of men and women
(e.g marriage and adoption)
 Public Laws- Laws that dictate how public services were to be
provided. (e.g restricting the amount of land a man could own)
 Procedural Laws- These were guidelines to tell judges how to use
other laws and how the law should be enforced. (e.g how many
witnesses should be called forward for someone to be guilty of
homicide)
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Made By Harlan
and Aran.
Bibliography is on
the summary
sheet.
That’s Aran, btw.
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