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Changes and Continuity in Syracusian Democracy during the Middle of the 4th Century BC

Abstract

Tradicionalmente se ha entendido la expulsión de Dionisio II de Siracusa como el inicio de un proceso de cambio orientado hacia la implantación de un sistema democrático en dicha polis que posteriormente se exportó al resto de poleis de tradición helena de Sicilia. El estudio de este sistema de gobierno, en comparación con los que le precedieron, nos permite el cuestionamiento de la visión democrática defendida tradicionalmente por los especialistas de este proceso y nos muestra una serie de pautas más similares a los gobiernos de los Dinoménidas y los Dionisios que a los ordenamientos republicanos precedentes.The expulsion of Dionysius II of Syracuse has traditionally been understood as the starting point that marked the beginning of a political change that brought the implantation of a democratic system in this polis, change that subsequently expanded to the rest of the poleis of Hellenic tradition in Sicily. The study of this political system, in comparison with those that preceded it, has allowed us to question the traditional vision withheld by specialists in the study of this democratic process, revealing a series of patterns that are more similar to the administrations lead by Dinomenids and Dionysians than to the previous republican legal systems

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