Can Democracy and Empire Co exist If a country maintains an empire there would be conflict with their democratic ideals. The Athenians tried to maintain a democracy but they fail to do this because they tried to take over another country. The Athenians used force to get what they wanted. The citizens ruled the Athenian democracy. They formed an assembly. The assembly contained freeborn males over thirty. The Athenians sailed to Argos with twenty ships …showed first 75 words of 542 total…

…showed last 75 words of 542 total…over countries with force. A Democracy has its advantages too. The people rule democracies and that means one person doesn’t have to make all the decision but every one can vote on what they want to happen in the country. A good democracy would mean there would be no force taken but more reasoning taken place. Countries do not usually maintain a good democracy anyway. They always seem to break a rule of democracy.