What characteristics enabled Pericles to become the unofficial leader of the democratic assembly in Athens during 450 B.C.? Pericles had characteristics that enabled him to become the unofficial leader of the democratic assembly in Athens during 450 B.C. He managed to make people do what he wanted them to do while nobody understood that. He was raised to become a great orator and a very noble person. He gained respect among the Athenians and his …showed first 75 words of 886 total…

…showed last 75 words of 886 total…On the other hand, when Pericles came, his rule was more totalitarian than democratic. However, we can see that Athens gained much more during his rule, than when it was on its own. A wise totalitarian leader was a grate thing for Athens, because it led it develop more progressively. Pericles did a successful job as an unofficial leader because he had much more understanding of what Athens needed than the simple people of Athens.