HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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married males, slave, no land owned
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women born in Athens, slave, owned land
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adult free male, owned land, trace roots back to Athens
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married women, military men, no land owned
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Athenian definition of “citizens” was also different from modern-day citizens: only free men were considered citizens in Athens. Women, children, and slaves were not considered citizens and therefore could not vote.
Detailed explanation-2: -Early history and phases The Pnyx was the official meeting place of the Athenian democratic assembly (Ancient Greek: ekklesia). In the earliest days of Athenian democracy (after the reforms of Kleisthenes in 508 B.C.), the ekklesia met in the Agora.
Detailed explanation-3: -Freemen encompassed all male citizens of the city. They were divided into numerous classes whose status reflected the degree to which they were self-reliant or autarkic.
Detailed explanation-4: -Not everyone in Athens was considered a citizen. Only free, adult men enjoyed the rights and responsibility of citizenship. Only about 20 percent of the population of Athens were citizens. Women were not citizens and therefore could not vote or have any say in the political process.
Detailed explanation-5: -A kleroterion (Ancient Greek: ) was a randomization device used by the Athenian polis during the period of democracy to select citizens to the boule, to most state offices, to the nomothetai, and to court juries.