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Classical Athens
Classical Athens was the 5th- to 4th-century BCE capital of Attica whose democratic institutions, naval empire, and cultural achievements became the benchmark for Western political and artistic life.
HistoryAncient Greece
Ancient Greece was a constellation of city-states that, between the 9th and 4th centuries BCE, forged the political, artistic, philosophical, and scientific templates that still underpin Western civilization.