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Athens was ruled by a single person under the type of government known as

A Direct democracy
B Representative democracy
C Oligarchy
D Tyrant

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Direct democracy or pure democracy is a form of democracy in which people decide on policy initiatives directly. This differs from the majority of currently established democracies, which are representative democracies. (Google definition)
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