VIII. Eric Robinson, Ethnicity and Democracy in the Peloponnese, 401–362 BCE
VIII. Ethnicity and Democracy in the Peloponnese, 401–362 BCE Eric Robinson In 370 BCE civil strife broke out in Tegea between a conservative party favoring Tegea’s traditional laws (patrious nomous) and a popular, nationalistic party in favor of all Arcadians coming together en tô koinô to make common decisions. The populists won, but only after they armed the dêmos and gained the aid of Mantineans who… Read more