How did the first democracy die?

444.157 - 466.523 PJ Vogt

These city-states are independently ruled and constantly at war with each other. And like our American states, there are a series of experiments, each representing a different way society could function. Spartans lived in a country with more women's rights, but also lived under military rule. Corinthians knew their state was the wealthy commercial hub, but that it was run by oligarchic elites.