section 2 - government in athens
... As a result of this invasion, the tyrants lost power and, for a short time, aristocrats returned to power in Athens. ...
... As a result of this invasion, the tyrants lost power and, for a short time, aristocrats returned to power in Athens. ...
Notes to Support
... Draco’s constitution wasn’t working out too well and in 594 BC, Solon revised it (almost completely). • He threw out all of Draco’s laws except those concerning homicide (murder). • He had to strike a balance between the concerns of the aristocracy and those of the poor. 1. The poor were disgrunt ...
... Draco’s constitution wasn’t working out too well and in 594 BC, Solon revised it (almost completely). • He threw out all of Draco’s laws except those concerning homicide (murder). • He had to strike a balance between the concerns of the aristocracy and those of the poor. 1. The poor were disgrunt ...
Chapter 8 Section 2 - Marion County Public Schools
... about 6000 people to vote. ■ They needed many citizens to participate and sometimes had to go searching for people to be in the assembly. ...
... about 6000 people to vote. ■ They needed many citizens to participate and sometimes had to go searching for people to be in the assembly. ...
Homo Oeconomicus in Ancient Athens
... new resources and economic opportunities. By stifling private enterprise, over time, this led to the impoverishment of Spain. On the other hand, the democratic structures prevailing in early 5th century Athens allowed a wider sharing of the silver bonanza which in the first instance made possible th ...
... new resources and economic opportunities. By stifling private enterprise, over time, this led to the impoverishment of Spain. On the other hand, the democratic structures prevailing in early 5th century Athens allowed a wider sharing of the silver bonanza which in the first instance made possible th ...
DBQ Essay and Scaffolding Questions
... Council of Five Hundred: citizens over 30 years of age; chosen by lottery, proposed laws to the Assembly, served for only 1year Assembly: all male citizens over 20 years of age; enjoyed full and final power. (declared war, made laws, determined who citizens were, made up of all males over 20, about ...
... Council of Five Hundred: citizens over 30 years of age; chosen by lottery, proposed laws to the Assembly, served for only 1year Assembly: all male citizens over 20 years of age; enjoyed full and final power. (declared war, made laws, determined who citizens were, made up of all males over 20, about ...
1 2 Foreign Bodies Is this a foreign body? A man lies on a sturdy
... fourth two half lines which do not metrically fit together. Metrical irregularity is not unparalleled on gravestones,4 but here the Greek too is full of oddities of spelling and usage, although the sense is clear. It says: ‘Let no one of men wonder at this image, that a lion and a prow stretch agai ...
... fourth two half lines which do not metrically fit together. Metrical irregularity is not unparalleled on gravestones,4 but here the Greek too is full of oddities of spelling and usage, although the sense is clear. It says: ‘Let no one of men wonder at this image, that a lion and a prow stretch agai ...
review article: the nature of athenian democracy
... change. By concentrating on the climate of opinion, and on the ways in which opinions were formed and expressed, we can see how institutions operated and why they evolved. This is not to say that institutions were epiphenomenal; Athenian political ideology (the set of ideas about the public realm co ...
... change. By concentrating on the climate of opinion, and on the ways in which opinions were formed and expressed, we can see how institutions operated and why they evolved. This is not to say that institutions were epiphenomenal; Athenian political ideology (the set of ideas about the public realm co ...
18- Democracy and Greece`s Golden Age Pericles` Plan for Athens
... salaries. Earlier in Athens, most positions in public office were unpaid. Thus, only wealthier Athenian citizens could afford to hold public office. Now even the poorest citizen could serve if elected or chosen by lot. Consequently, Athens had more citizens engaged in self-government than any other ...
... salaries. Earlier in Athens, most positions in public office were unpaid. Thus, only wealthier Athenian citizens could afford to hold public office. Now even the poorest citizen could serve if elected or chosen by lot. Consequently, Athens had more citizens engaged in self-government than any other ...
Persian Invasions
... powerful man) in Athens, invented another new type of government, the democracy. Cleisthenes, like other aristocrats, wanted to get more power. But tyrants (warlordsdictators) had gotten unpopular in Athens. Cleisthenes decided to give even more power to poor people. He organized a new way of making ...
... powerful man) in Athens, invented another new type of government, the democracy. Cleisthenes, like other aristocrats, wanted to get more power. But tyrants (warlordsdictators) had gotten unpopular in Athens. Cleisthenes decided to give even more power to poor people. He organized a new way of making ...
Athenian Empire
... The Athenian Empire was unique in the Greek world up to that time. The small city-states – with relatively simple political institutions, limited financial resources, and a citizen militia – lacked the means to control others. Wars between neighbors were common, with disputes settled by a short, sha ...
... The Athenian Empire was unique in the Greek world up to that time. The small city-states – with relatively simple political institutions, limited financial resources, and a citizen militia – lacked the means to control others. Wars between neighbors were common, with disputes settled by a short, sha ...
Phase 1 and 2 of Peloponnesian War
... • The other generals who ruled with him took over until a new leader could be elected. ...
... • The other generals who ruled with him took over until a new leader could be elected. ...
The Golden Age of Athens! - Parkway C-2
... The main lawmaking body of the Athenian democracy was the Citizens Assembly, which was open to all male citizens. A smaller executive body, the Council of 500 was responsible for proposing the laws and for voting on important political issues. Many people considered politics so important that they w ...
... The main lawmaking body of the Athenian democracy was the Citizens Assembly, which was open to all male citizens. A smaller executive body, the Council of 500 was responsible for proposing the laws and for voting on important political issues. Many people considered politics so important that they w ...
Kears, M. (2011) `Review: Susan Lape, Race and Citizen Identity in
... are told, „supplied an important out-group or Other against whom Athenian citizens could be defined‟, but unfortunately Lape does not go into further detail. She is convincing when she claims that the Athenian racial identity was based more on ideas about themselves than about others (e.g. p.45), bu ...
... are told, „supplied an important out-group or Other against whom Athenian citizens could be defined‟, but unfortunately Lape does not go into further detail. She is convincing when she claims that the Athenian racial identity was based more on ideas about themselves than about others (e.g. p.45), bu ...
Ancient Greece LEGS Government and Law
... “classical era” Athenian democracy revolutionized Greek government, by letting more people have a voice in their government. Athenian democracy was upheld by the system of laws, the vote of the jury, and the method of prosecution, according to Lycurgus. If you wanted someone banished from Athens you ...
... “classical era” Athenian democracy revolutionized Greek government, by letting more people have a voice in their government. Athenian democracy was upheld by the system of laws, the vote of the jury, and the method of prosecution, according to Lycurgus. If you wanted someone banished from Athens you ...
Do Now:
... 2. Does not change difficult training a. Takes 17 years to make a Spartan soldier vi. Sparta loses because there are not enough Spartan soldiers to make a difference. ...
... 2. Does not change difficult training a. Takes 17 years to make a Spartan soldier vi. Sparta loses because there are not enough Spartan soldiers to make a difference. ...
Radical Reprints Roderick T. Long The Athenian Constitution
... The Ionian cosmologist Anaxagoras had admittedly been run out of Athens for the crime of claiming that the sun was a giant burning rock rather than a god; but Plato tells us that Anaxagoras’ treatise was nonetheless readily available in the public marketplace for one drakhma per copy. Athenian playw ...
... The Ionian cosmologist Anaxagoras had admittedly been run out of Athens for the crime of claiming that the sun was a giant burning rock rather than a god; but Plato tells us that Anaxagoras’ treatise was nonetheless readily available in the public marketplace for one drakhma per copy. Athenian playw ...
DBQ Essay and Scaffolding Questions
... Spartan women led differed from those of their sisters in Athens. For the reason that their husbands, fathers and brothers stayed all the day out, Spartan women had greater freedom than Athenian women had. Different from Athens, Spartan women could inherit land on equal terms as men. There was no la ...
... Spartan women led differed from those of their sisters in Athens. For the reason that their husbands, fathers and brothers stayed all the day out, Spartan women had greater freedom than Athenian women had. Different from Athens, Spartan women could inherit land on equal terms as men. There was no la ...
Background: The Athenian Tribute Lists TRIBUTE AND ITS
... The remains of three assessment decrees have been preserved but only the decree of 425/24 can be understood comprehensively. They describe the amount of tribute settled on by the Athenians for the poleis to pay. The quota lists record the aparchai assessed for the allies of the Athenians. The lapis ...
... The remains of three assessment decrees have been preserved but only the decree of 425/24 can be understood comprehensively. They describe the amount of tribute settled on by the Athenians for the poleis to pay. The quota lists record the aparchai assessed for the allies of the Athenians. The lapis ...
Week 9: Periclean Democracy
... from the people, examined their accounts and if they found evidence of dishonesty, they sent magistrates to a law court for trial. Magistrates at the end of their term also had to submit to thorough examinations of their conduct in office called euthynai before a committee of the Council of 500 and ...
... from the people, examined their accounts and if they found evidence of dishonesty, they sent magistrates to a law court for trial. Magistrates at the end of their term also had to submit to thorough examinations of their conduct in office called euthynai before a committee of the Council of 500 and ...
A Note on Ithome - Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies
... took, but in order to make his point about other subjugations (all later in time), he finished off Naxos in one sentence. And it seems dear that, because of his particular purpose, he would have done so whether the siege lasted for one campaign or several. That is, the enslavement of Naxos is not ob ...
... took, but in order to make his point about other subjugations (all later in time), he finished off Naxos in one sentence. And it seems dear that, because of his particular purpose, he would have done so whether the siege lasted for one campaign or several. That is, the enslavement of Naxos is not ob ...
FOA Week 3
... speech was given at an Athenian funeral for slain soldiers. It is from an account by the Greek historian Thucydides. Funerals after the first battles were public rituals in Athens. Pericles used the occasion to make a statement about the bravery of the soldiers and why it was necessary to fight for ...
... speech was given at an Athenian funeral for slain soldiers. It is from an account by the Greek historian Thucydides. Funerals after the first battles were public rituals in Athens. Pericles used the occasion to make a statement about the bravery of the soldiers and why it was necessary to fight for ...
Government in Athens
... Cleisthenes’ leadership, Athens developed the world’s first democracy. For this reason, he is sometimes called the father of democracy. Democracy under Cleisthenes Under Cleisthenes, all citizens in Athens had the right to participate in the assembly, or gathering of citizens, that created the city’ ...
... Cleisthenes’ leadership, Athens developed the world’s first democracy. For this reason, he is sometimes called the father of democracy. Democracy under Cleisthenes Under Cleisthenes, all citizens in Athens had the right to participate in the assembly, or gathering of citizens, that created the city’ ...
1. Taylor, A. E, Plato: The Man and His Work, (London: Methuen
... optimism), 'you see how many titles to authority there are, and how they naturally conflict with each other. Now here’s a source of civil strife we’ve discovered for you, which you must put to rights.’” (p. 1379, 690D) Typical source of clash of belief in righteousness: “Athenian: So where do we sup ...
... optimism), 'you see how many titles to authority there are, and how they naturally conflict with each other. Now here’s a source of civil strife we’ve discovered for you, which you must put to rights.’” (p. 1379, 690D) Typical source of clash of belief in righteousness: “Athenian: So where do we sup ...
thucydides
... Thucydides - Some Small Notes: Thucydides (circa 460-c. 400 BC), Greek historian known for his History of the Peloponnesian War, a conflict in which he himself had been an important participant. This book earned him a reputation as one of the foremost historians of antiquity. His concern with object ...
... Thucydides - Some Small Notes: Thucydides (circa 460-c. 400 BC), Greek historian known for his History of the Peloponnesian War, a conflict in which he himself had been an important participant. This book earned him a reputation as one of the foremost historians of antiquity. His concern with object ...