Was ancient greece under a democracy in 405 BC?
YES, Greece was certainly under a Democracy in 405BC. At this time the Pelopannesian War [431 – 404BC] was coming to an end, and Athens [Greece] suffered a defeat in the battle of Aegospotami against Lysander [Sparta]. Also by this time the Spartan King Pausanias had laid seige to Athens and Lysander’s fleet had set up a blockade at Piraeus. This effectively closed the grain route to Athens, and it’s population began to starve. 404BC Athens capitulates and is forced to negotiate the terms of its surrender to Sparta. Then began the year of Anarchy or The Rule of the 30 Tyrants.
