An oligarchy just means rule of the few,

寡头统治意味着少数人的统治
but as we shall see what changes is, is it is no longer

然而它最大的不同是
the rule of those few who are born in the right place,

人们不再生而不平等了
it will be based upon the wealth of those people

寡头统治以财富为基础
and that means that the newly wealthy,

这也意味着新兴的富人
or the newly well, that is, the reasonably well-off

理所当然地加入到了
will participate in their government

政府的决策中来
and the form of government which is oligarchy

政府以寡头统治为基础
will be throughout the classical period

在古典时期的希腊
the most characteristic form of government in Greek city states.

寡头政府在当时的城邦是很典型的
When democracy is invented it will have its moment

当民主的理念提出以后
and it will spread, and there will be numerous democracies

它会不断的蔓延会有很多民主制国家