Democracy in Athens
... • Why do some believe that there is a connection between the phalanx and the way larger numbers of people gained political power? ...
... • Why do some believe that there is a connection between the phalanx and the way larger numbers of people gained political power? ...
Direct Democracy in Ancient Athens
... such as secret balloting for jurors, random selection of assembly leaders, and participation in the generally assembly. They also took measure to make sure no tyranny developed by using a system called ostracism. If Athenians felt that one person was becoming to powerful or influential, once a year ...
... such as secret balloting for jurors, random selection of assembly leaders, and participation in the generally assembly. They also took measure to make sure no tyranny developed by using a system called ostracism. If Athenians felt that one person was becoming to powerful or influential, once a year ...
At some point in this struggle, the Athenians decided to
... leader with the most votes against him, had to leave the city for ten years. Aristides lost and the illustration shows one of the ostraka with his name on it. It was discovered in the agora (public forum) of Athens in 1932. ...
... leader with the most votes against him, had to leave the city for ten years. Aristides lost and the illustration shows one of the ostraka with his name on it. It was discovered in the agora (public forum) of Athens in 1932. ...
File - Mr. C at Hamilton
... citizen could be expelled from the city-state of Athens for ten years. While some instances clearly expressed popular anger at the citizen, ostracism was often used preemptively. It was used as a way of neutralizing someone thought to be a threat to the state or potential tyrant. ...
... citizen could be expelled from the city-state of Athens for ten years. While some instances clearly expressed popular anger at the citizen, ostracism was often used preemptively. It was used as a way of neutralizing someone thought to be a threat to the state or potential tyrant. ...
Hazards of Empire
... The Athenians honor their war dead: Pericles’ funeral oration Siege warfare and disease: The plague in Athens, 430 BC Athenian power politics: Cleon and the revolt of Mytilene (428 B.C.) Melos, the Melian dialogue, and Euripides’ Trojan Women The destruction of Melos in 416 B.C. Alcibiades and the S ...
... The Athenians honor their war dead: Pericles’ funeral oration Siege warfare and disease: The plague in Athens, 430 BC Athenian power politics: Cleon and the revolt of Mytilene (428 B.C.) Melos, the Melian dialogue, and Euripides’ Trojan Women The destruction of Melos in 416 B.C. Alcibiades and the S ...
Athenian Democracy-Summary Sentences
... succeeded it. The text claims that the common viewpoint of early democracy, particularly that of Athens, has been skewed by modern historians who have, over the years, shown a tendency to glorify this time period. Centaurs and Amazons In Centaurs and Amazons, Plato and Aristotle bring up a discussio ...
... succeeded it. The text claims that the common viewpoint of early democracy, particularly that of Athens, has been skewed by modern historians who have, over the years, shown a tendency to glorify this time period. Centaurs and Amazons In Centaurs and Amazons, Plato and Aristotle bring up a discussio ...
Development and nature of Athenian democracy
... elected annually by lot. Not eligible for re-election but became Office at the Royal Stoa. life members of the Areopagus. Duties as religious officials and magistrates in the courts. Year named after chief ...
... elected annually by lot. Not eligible for re-election but became Office at the Royal Stoa. life members of the Areopagus. Duties as religious officials and magistrates in the courts. Year named after chief ...
Athens - West Branch Local School District
... through ostracism and declared a traitor to Athens. (Comment: I don’t think I did anything wrong, but the people of Athens do.*reenactment of his ostracism*) ● Pericles: Grandson of Cleisthenes, and was an important political and military leader of Athens. He passed many laws in the favor of the poo ...
... through ostracism and declared a traitor to Athens. (Comment: I don’t think I did anything wrong, but the people of Athens do.*reenactment of his ostracism*) ● Pericles: Grandson of Cleisthenes, and was an important political and military leader of Athens. He passed many laws in the favor of the poo ...
SAC Worksheet - Story, storey, istor
... The Athenian Constitution (Document A) Source: The following excerpt comes from “The Athenian Constitution,” written by the Greek philosopher Aristotle between 330 and 322 BC. Aristotle was the leading Greek philosopher of the time, and is credited with writing accounts of the constitutions of 170 ...
... The Athenian Constitution (Document A) Source: The following excerpt comes from “The Athenian Constitution,” written by the Greek philosopher Aristotle between 330 and 322 BC. Aristotle was the leading Greek philosopher of the time, and is credited with writing accounts of the constitutions of 170 ...
4 The Road to Independence
... dominate the city states. Council of 500 – created by Cleisthenes as he did away with the cliques. This council planned business for the public assembly. ...
... dominate the city states. Council of 500 – created by Cleisthenes as he did away with the cliques. This council planned business for the public assembly. ...
Demokratia: the Democracy of ancient Greece
... refer to today as the “Greeks.” Much of what we know about ancient Greece actually comes from Athens, as they were a constant seat of power in the Greek world. This system, demokratia, was not used throughout Greece. Athenian rule had been led by kings and groups of elite ruling families. The outcom ...
... refer to today as the “Greeks.” Much of what we know about ancient Greece actually comes from Athens, as they were a constant seat of power in the Greek world. This system, demokratia, was not used throughout Greece. Athenian rule had been led by kings and groups of elite ruling families. The outcom ...
Archaic Period
... Herodotus' religious view of history/tragic sequence Marathon Miltiades' tactic Athenian hoplites are yeoman farmers in democratic state-high morale Class stratification within Persian army-lack of morale Victory: 192 vs. 6400 casualties!-military superiority of hoplites and 26 mile run source of gr ...
... Herodotus' religious view of history/tragic sequence Marathon Miltiades' tactic Athenian hoplites are yeoman farmers in democratic state-high morale Class stratification within Persian army-lack of morale Victory: 192 vs. 6400 casualties!-military superiority of hoplites and 26 mile run source of gr ...
Athenian Democracy
... surrender it to him’. Ostracism - “this law had been enacted because of their suspicion of those in power…” –Aristotle as well as Plutarch belief that it was an attempt to keep people humble. “Each voter took an ostrakon, or piece of earthware, wrote on it the name of the citizen he wished to be ban ...
... surrender it to him’. Ostracism - “this law had been enacted because of their suspicion of those in power…” –Aristotle as well as Plutarch belief that it was an attempt to keep people humble. “Each voter took an ostrakon, or piece of earthware, wrote on it the name of the citizen he wished to be ban ...
Ostracism - Archaeology Education Outreach
... Each year the Athenians were asked in if they wished to hold an ostracism. In a roped-off area of the agora, citizens scratched the name of a citizen on an ostraka and deposited them in urns The presiding officials counted the ostraka submitted – minimum of six thousand votes for the ostracism – : t ...
... Each year the Athenians were asked in if they wished to hold an ostracism. In a roped-off area of the agora, citizens scratched the name of a citizen on an ostraka and deposited them in urns The presiding officials counted the ostraka submitted – minimum of six thousand votes for the ostracism – : t ...
Handout Democracy Under Cleisthenes
... would meet a number of 3x each month first 6000 or so Athenians citizens to arrive (all that could fit in the meeting place of the Assembly) would deliberate and vote on all important state actions powers of our congress and was not checked by any powerful executive or judicial branches ...
... would meet a number of 3x each month first 6000 or so Athenians citizens to arrive (all that could fit in the meeting place of the Assembly) would deliberate and vote on all important state actions powers of our congress and was not checked by any powerful executive or judicial branches ...
Section 3 PowerPoint "Conflict in the Greek World"
... Darius I sent an army to punish Athenians Army landed at Marathon Athenian Victory ...
... Darius I sent an army to punish Athenians Army landed at Marathon Athenian Victory ...
The Greek Polis
... • With the luxury of hindsight, we can see an orderly process that has, almost, an air of inevitability • The process also seems natural to us because we suppose that other would share our admiration for democracy, that is, for rule by the people • But ancient writers disliked democracy in general a ...
... • With the luxury of hindsight, we can see an orderly process that has, almost, an air of inevitability • The process also seems natural to us because we suppose that other would share our admiration for democracy, that is, for rule by the people • But ancient writers disliked democracy in general a ...
The Rise of Greek Democracy
... allowed to sit more than twice in this council in his lifetime. The latter measure was a form of term limits. The Assembly served as the general deliberative body, which any citizen could attend and which functioned on the principle of one man one vote. Any citizen was free to speak on any issue bef ...
... allowed to sit more than twice in this council in his lifetime. The latter measure was a form of term limits. The Assembly served as the general deliberative body, which any citizen could attend and which functioned on the principle of one man one vote. Any citizen was free to speak on any issue bef ...
The Rise of Greek Democracy
... allowed to sit more than twice in this council in his lifetime. The latter measure was a form of term limits. The Assembly served as the general deliberative body, which any citizen could attend and which functioned on the principle of one man one vote. Any citizen was free to speak on any issue bef ...
... allowed to sit more than twice in this council in his lifetime. The latter measure was a form of term limits. The Assembly served as the general deliberative body, which any citizen could attend and which functioned on the principle of one man one vote. Any citizen was free to speak on any issue bef ...
GREEK DEMOCRACY (ATHENS) Introduction The Greeks use to
... unpopular politicians. During ostracism, the name of the unpopular politician was written on a broken ...
... unpopular politicians. During ostracism, the name of the unpopular politician was written on a broken ...
SAC Worksheet
... a political procedure known as Ostracism. Ostracism was an official vote held each year to exile (send away) a certain Athenian citizen from the city for ten years. At least 6,000 Athenian citizens voted during the Ostracism, and the citizen whose name appeared on the most Ostraka was exiled. Though ...
... a political procedure known as Ostracism. Ostracism was an official vote held each year to exile (send away) a certain Athenian citizen from the city for ten years. At least 6,000 Athenian citizens voted during the Ostracism, and the citizen whose name appeared on the most Ostraka was exiled. Though ...
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization Cleisthenes 570 B.C.
... the way people thought about themselves and the world. Famous for his questioning teaching method and dogged search for the truth, he eventually provoked the fury of the Athenians and was found guilty of impiety and corrupting the city's youth. His execution profoundly changed ideas about what it me ...
... the way people thought about themselves and the world. Famous for his questioning teaching method and dogged search for the truth, he eventually provoked the fury of the Athenians and was found guilty of impiety and corrupting the city's youth. His execution profoundly changed ideas about what it me ...
ESSAY- Account for the development and nature of the Athenian
... them who had voted with Miltiades, offered, when their turn for duty came, to surrender it to him’. Ostracism - “this law had been enacted because of their suspicion of those in power…” –Aristotle as well as Plutarch belief that it was an attempt to keep people humble. “Each voter took an ostrakon, ...
... them who had voted with Miltiades, offered, when their turn for duty came, to surrender it to him’. Ostracism - “this law had been enacted because of their suspicion of those in power…” –Aristotle as well as Plutarch belief that it was an attempt to keep people humble. “Each voter took an ostrakon, ...
The Democratic Experiment
... women were classed as citizens or noncitizens, they had no political voice either way.) The assembly convened 40 times a year, normally in a natural hillside auditorium. There, by public debate and vote, the people directed foreign policy, revised the laws, approved or condemned the conduct of publi ...
... women were classed as citizens or noncitizens, they had no political voice either way.) The assembly convened 40 times a year, normally in a natural hillside auditorium. There, by public debate and vote, the people directed foreign policy, revised the laws, approved or condemned the conduct of publi ...