helots were generally treated better than other Greek slaves; they kept a portion of the crops they farmed‚ lived as a family‚ could own land and homes‚ and kept their language and customs (Legends and Chronicles). Athens had the leisure class‚ the metics‚ the freedmen‚ and the slaves. The leisure class was the upper class‚ composed of native born Athenians who handled government.
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pure-born Spartans by a ratio of 7:1‚ and they usually got very out of hand and had to be “disciplined” during an annual beating. The slaves of Athens‚ or metics‚ were in far fewer numbers‚ as Athenians did not conquer as much land as the Spartans. Because Athenians took pride in farming land‚ the metics were more commonly used as craftsmen. The metics were used to build the buildings in the acropolis‚ usually keeping them busy. The Athenians had a very well-known government; Athenian democracy‚ one of
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never paid. As their society evolved so did the people. They changed from free people to free men. They were divided between Citizens and Metics. If you were a citizen than both of your parents were from the Greece decent. Metics were foreign people that came over to Athens from other places to learn a craft. Many of them were forced to serve in the military. Metics also had to pay taxes and would never be considered a citizen. Women had no rights in the Greece culture any foreign affairs they were
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vote to choose in the political matters. Therefore‚ to be a citizen one would have to be born with Athenian parents and be a male. Men were either serving in the military‚ into political issues‚ hosting parties or in the theater for entertaining. Metics‚ people who immigrated to Athens to trade or practice their craft‚ were not allowed to take part in political matters‚ and could never truly earn
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Rome: In Rome‚ there are three social classes‚ arranged according to wealth; Patricians‚ Plebians‚ and Slaves. Patricians are the upper class citizens; they are very wealthy and highly educated. They make up the majority of the senate and therefore control the laws. Plebians are the poor‚ lower-class citizens. They greatly outnumber the Patricians‚ make up most of the army‚ and pay most of the taxes. They are not allowed to marry Patricians or take part in government. Slaves are at the bottom of
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Dr. Ng‚ Thank you for your insights. As for Aeschines’ speech against Timarchus‚ Aeschines tries to bring Timarchus to account about why he blames the city‚ and its laws and regulations by saying to him “You will see‚ then‚ that Timarchus cannot blame the city for any part of this prosecution‚ nor can he blame the laws‚ nor you‚ nor me‚ but only himself.” Through Aeschines’ verbal attack over Timarchus‚ we can question why Aeschines defended the city and its rules and laws against Aeschines’ claims
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Greece in ancient times had many social‚ political and cultural features‚ including: religion‚ society‚ government and warfare. Two powerhouses of Ancient Greece were the cities of Athens and Sparta‚ who led Greece in many of their endevours. Early Sparta and Athens was a building process with many ups and down of which they learnt how to run their cities. Early Sparta did not have enough land to support it’s growing population‚ so they conquered the neighbouring state of Messinia and doubled the
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Introduction: This essay will answer the question through the assessment of values that the ancient Athenians attributed to their concept of democracy. ‘Mean’ is a very general word‚ and in this question could allow for all manner of possible answers‚ those focused on the practice of democracy‚ on the legal meaning‚ etc. But ‘mean’ implies interpretation and a certain degree of subjectivity by those trying to derive meaning. In this case‚ the term will refer to how the Athenians‚ as a people‚ perceived
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Was ancient Athens truly democratic? Democracy is defined as rule by the people. The Athenian government was The Ekklesia (Assembly) then The Boule (Council of 500) and then The Dikasteria (The Courts). In my opinion by all the evidence I have analyzed Athens was not a democracy. To explain what the three groups do; The Ekklesia‚ during the “Golden Age” of the ancient Athens it was the principal assembly of democracy‚ it was open to all male citizens with 2 years of military service. The Boule‚ was
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During the times of Ancient Greece‚ two major forms of government existed‚ democracy and oligarchy. The city-states of Athens and Sparta are the best representatives of democracy and oligarchy‚ respectively. The focus of the times was directed towards military capabilities‚ while the Athenians were more interested in comfort and culture. It was the oligarchy in Sparta that put a war-like attitude as its first priority and best met the needs of Ancient Greece. These factors empowered Sparta and led
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