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Around 508 BC athens became a direct democracy because

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Athens in the 4th to 5th century BCE had an extraordinary system of ... Further, not only did citizens participate in a direct democracy ... hill in a dedicated space which could accommodatearound 6000 citizens. ... was freedom of speech (parrhēsia) which became, perhaps, the citizen's most valued privilege.
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