HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Question
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Which of these was NOT a requirement for citizenship in Athens?
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Born there
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Male or female
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Over age 18
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Free male
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -To be classed as a citizen in fifth-century Athens you had to be male, born from two Athenian parents, over eighteen years old, and completed your military service. Women, slaves, metics and children under the age of 20 were not allowed to become citizens.
Detailed explanation-2: -Inherited citizenship As early as 451/450 BCE in Athens, citizens (both women and men) had to be born to two citizen parents. Citizenship in all its diversity is therefore a matter of legacy within families and within the city.
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