How did the first democracy die?

1740.426 - 1760.201 Lawrence Sammons II

There was a direct relationship between those two things. They understood that. So the democratic system of paying for public service and building these buildings is generating empire. It's not that the Athenians weren't imperial before. Athens was always aggressive. Even before democracy, the Athenians had an unusually aggressive profile. It's part of their national character for some reason.