[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Popular Courts

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The Popular Courts The popular courts, with juries of no fewer than 201 jurors and as many as 2,500, heard a variety of cases. The courts also had an important constitutional role in wielding ultimate ... Athens, Agora Museum P 14655 ... certainly lay near the Agora and ... ridiculed by the 4th century B.C.

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Athenian Army

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The Athenian Army From the very beginning, the Athenians were compelled to fight for their new democracy. Their dramatic victories over the Boiotians and Chalkidians in 506 B.C. led many to attribute Athenian ... Athens, Agora Museum P 24061 ... H.: 0.12 7 m. Athens, Agora Museum P 15837. A warrior with

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Jury

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The Jury The jurors for each trial were chosen from a large body of citizens available for jury duty for the period of one year. At the beginning of the year, each juror was given a bronze pinakion, a ... Agora

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Prytaneis

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The Prytaneis (Executive Committee) The senators administered their meetings themselves. Each tribal contingent in the Boule served in rotation for a period of 35 or 36 days as the Prytaneis, or Executive ... Agora

[Agora Webpage] Publications: Monographs

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Monographs Excavations in the civic and cultural center of classical Athens began in 1931 and have continued almost without interruption to the present day. The first Athenian Agora volumes presenting ... Agora

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Speakers

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The Speakers Litigants spoke on their own behalf, although occasionally using speeches prepared by trained professionals; skillful rhetoric was necessary in order to sway a jury. The speeches written by ... Athens, Agora Museum P 2084 ... several noted orators survive ... Macedon in the 4th century B.C.

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Women

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The Unenfranchised I - Women Numerous people resident in Athens and Attica had little part in the political life of the state. Most glaring by modern standards was the exclusion of women, although a similar ... Agora

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Solon the Lawgiver

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Solon the Lawgiver By the early 6th century B.C. social tensions in Athens had become acute, pitting the poorer citizens against rich and powerful landowners. Many citizens were reduced to the status of ... Athens, Agora Museum P 27646 ... m. Athens, Agora Museum P ... (Plutarch, Life of Solon 18.4