[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Lawcourts

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Lawcourts Underlying the north end of the Stoa of Attalos are the slight remains of a group of buildings dating to the 5th and 4th centuries B.C. (Fig. 50). Largely open courtyards, they seem to have served ... (Athenaios 14.640b–c) Figure 51 ... centuries B.C. (Fig. 50). Largely ... B.C.) "As Euboulos says in

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Tholos

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Tholos The south half of the west side was given over to the major administrative buildings used to run the Athenian democracy (Fig. 14). The buildings are poorly preserved, but the identifications are ... (Fig. 14). The buildings are ... Figure 14. Plan of the ... B.C.; dining hall and the

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Practice of Ostracism

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Ostracism Soon after their victory over the Persians at the battle of Marathon in 490 B.C., the Athenians began the practice of ostracism, a form of election designed to curb the power of any rising tyrant ... Marathon in 490 B.C., the ... ostracized in 486 B.C. Max. dim.: ... the ostracism of 486 B.C

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Boule

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The Boule (The Senate) The Athenian legislature also included a deliberative body known as the Boule. It was made up of 500 members -- 50 from each of the 10 tribes -- who were chosen by lot and served ... about SOO B.C. Model by ... B.C. and had simple wooden ... marble basin, about 500 B.C