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Democracy and dissent timeline
508 BC
Cleisthenes, brought to power by popular support, puts into effect a major programme of political reform in Athens
487 BC
Ostracism is introduced in Athens as a way of getting rid of unpopular politicians
462 BC
With the army away, Pericles introduces full democracy for all Athenian citizens, enabling them to vote and participate in the administration of the state
139 BC
A secret ballot is instituted for Roman citizens, who mark their vote on a tablet and place it in an urn
726
The Venetians for the first time elect their own doge, acting independently of the Byzantine governor in Ravenna
c. 850
Communal gatherings, the
thing
and the larger
althing
, are the distant origins of Scandivian parliaments
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