How did Athens become a democracy?

Most monarchies still had a big chuck of rich people/nobles with which the kings discussed pretty much everything. The ancient Greeks just cut that role out.

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They threw out their Tyrant ruler whom fled to Persia and pretty much instagated the Ionian revolt and what would lead to the great perso-grecco buttfuck contest with olive oil as lube.

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>>1768364
>>1768369
Yes but these answers still doesn't fully explain how Athens became a democracy.

>>1768361
>How did Athens become a democracy?
Democracy was established to stop the constant clashes between the different social groups (so-called "stasis") which usually resulted in either the despotism of a single individual or a group, only to be overthrown again. The "rule of the people" allowed every member of society to hold some temporary proportion of power by drawing lots and holding an office. Solon is credited with laying down the early framework of the democracy with major reforms under Kleisthenes later.

>And why didn't it go with monarchies that most citystates and other civilizations had at the time?
You have to be careful with the words you're using in this context. To the Greeks (or rather Aristotle) "monarchy" referred to the rule of an individual who had everybody's welfare in mind. Most poleis' were either ruled by - literal - tyrants, i.e. selfish rulers, or aristocrats/oligarchs. Also, the ultimate tyrant to the Athenians seems to have been the Persian great-king and imitating barbarians was generally frowned upon.

Had they not established democracy, it is likely history would have played out differently, like way differently, since many credited the constitution of Athens as being the main reason for their victory over the Persians and their hegemony in the Delian League.

>>1768412
>Most polises were either ruled by -literal- tyrants, i.e. selfish rulers, or aristocrats/oligarchs

What are good examples of this besides Sparta, and why didn't they copy the Athenian system?

>>1768408

>tyrant was bad
>remove tyrant
>"let's not have that again"

And then is became a democracy. Similar story for Rome.

Athens never became a democracy. There's no such thing.

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when will they learn

>>1768423
Difficult to say. Ancient history in general suffers from a huge lack of source material. Most we know about the 6th and 5th century Greek world relies on the few surviving works written down by Athenians about themselves or centuries later by people like Plutarchos.

As for why nobody copied the Athenian system, well my guess is they were too busy fighting among themselves or being fucked by the Persians. Athens had its officials placed in the member states when it tightened it's grip on the member states of the Delian league. Also, when some poleis defected from the league and were subjugated again, the Athenians usually installed an aristocracy instead of a democracy.

>>1768425
Yes and no. There were tyrants after Solon's reform.

Some might even argue that Pericles was a tyrant.

Once upon a time (632 BC) there was an Olympian champion called Cylon who tried to seize power in Athens. He got BTFO'd by the Athenian people. Then a few centuries later there was this great man Kleisthenes who, after Hippias the Tyrant was exiled, enacted what is called the isonomia or equality before the law. This, along with many other legendary reforms, ensured Athens democracy for centuries to come, sort of.

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>>1768528
>the athenian people btfoing a champion
>not taking shit from other people
Athenians were indeed a hivemind of Pepes.