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Democracy ruled by the o pollo ( hoi polloi , “the many”): 421-403 BCE. 421: Peace of Nikias 416: Melian dialogue 415: Sicilian expedition launched 413: Sicilian expedition fails, allies revolt, slaves flee to deme-fortress at Dekeleia and Persia allies with Sparta
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Democracy ruled by the o pollo (hoi polloi, “the many”): 421-403 BCE • 421: Peace of Nikias • 416: Melian dialogue • 415: Sicilian expedition launched • 413: Sicilian expedition fails, allies revolt, slaves flee to deme-fortress at Dekeleia and Persia allies with Sparta • 411: oligarchic coup, summer-fall (appointed boule and ekklesia; jury pay eliminated); democracy restored • 406: Athenian fleet of citizens, freedmen, metics defeats Spartan fleet; 25 crews drown; 6 general tried en masse • 405: Spartan fleet defeats Athenian fleet – final battle of the Peloponnesian war • 404: Athens surrenders walls, fleet, empire, autonomy • 404: oligarchic coup and “Rule of the Thirty” • 403: democracy and jury pay restored