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jpgray

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Fri Sep-19-08 07:45 AM
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11. Athens bullied and threatened many democracies in its alliance

And let's not forget their misguided invasion of Sicily. Their main opponent there was Syracuse, which was (gasp!) a democracy at the time. But realistically, Athens was only a democracy for 170 years or so, and even then they were often a tyranny or oligarchy in waiting.

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