HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Jul-2025 03:08:29 JST

colonists.

What is more, as with all societies, even the ancient #Democracy of #Athens had a #Racist, #Nationalist vein:

"A good deal of evidence from the classical age suggests that Athenians did consider their citizenship something very valuable. 👉It was, for example, only sparingly granted to foreigners,👈 particularly in the fifth century.²" (#Manville)

Then, how about that other great example of #Democracy, ancient #Rome? Wasn't it an inclusive society? Writes @xankarn @HistoPol