Ancient history

Pericles Funeral Oration illustrates the importance ancient Athenians placed on individual participation in what?

Pericles' Funeral Oration, presented in Thucydides' history of the Peloponnesian War, emphasizes the Athenians' dedication to participation in a shared democratic system: direct democracy. Direct democracy places a higher responsibility on individual citizens with their active and direct engagement in decision-making, political affairs, and public matters by voting in citizen assemblies and serving in public offices on a rotation basis.