[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Ekklesia

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The Ekklesia (Citizens' Assembly) All Athenian citizens had the right to attend and vote in the Ekklesia, a full popular assembly which met about every 10 days. All decrees (psephismata) were ratified ... vote in the Ekklesia, a full ... becoming law. As a rule, the ... early form the seating

[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 ... century B.C. The pinakia were ... the day a trial was to be ... tube, with a funnel at the

[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 ... the early 6th century B.C ... status as a member of the ... defending the city as a member of

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 4 2004: The Council and Magistrates

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The Council and the Magistrates Like selection for military service, allotment to the Council was organized according to the division by tribes; 50 members from each tribe acted as a unit in the Council ... tribe acted as a unit in the ... a third of their number ... necessitated by the use of a public

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 4 2004: Citizenship Tribes and Demes

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Citizenship: Tribes and Demes Every male Athenian, above and beyond the regular universal military training for service in the citizen army, was subject to universal political service. Besides being a ... a member of the Assembly, ... (from 200 up) and the number ... (a neighborhood of the

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 4 2004: Athenian Currency

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Athenian Currency Many of the specialized administrative boards have left material traces of their activities. Most prolific of these were the moneyers, or Overseers of the Mint. Throughout her history ... third–second centuries B.C. The ... century the same poet expressed ... fifth century. Half a drachma

[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 ... to the 5th century A.D. ... the 8th century A.D. The ... through the 3rd century A.D.