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Constitutional history -- Greece -- Athens -- To 146 B.C. Books
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Aristotle
The Athenian Constitution
"The Athenian Constitution" by Aristotle is a work written between 328-322 BC. Lost for centuries and rediscovered on Egyptian papyrus in the 1890s, it describes the political system of ancient Athens in unprecedented detail. The text traces the evolution of Athenian government through various constitutional forms and explains the city's institutions, including citizenship, magistrates, and courts. Its discovery transformed Greek historical study by revealing contemporary information found nowhere else in ancient literature.
Aristotle
Αθηναίων Πολιτεία
"Αθηναίων Πολιτεία" by Aristotle is a treatise written between 330 and 322 BCE. It examines the political system of ancient Athens through two parts: a historical account tracing constitutional changes from archaic times through various reforms and regimes, and a detailed description of governmental institutions including magistrates, courts, and public officials. The work survives as the only remaining example from Aristotle's collection of 158 constitutions of Greek city-states, discovered on papyrus in Egypt in 1879.
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