HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Question
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They were farmers.
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They were aristocrats.
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They were slaves.
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They were foreigners
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Detailed explanation-1: -Among these disadvantages was that they had to pay a military duty as well as additional taxes called “eisphora” and, if they were wealthy, contributing to special civil projects such as helping other wealthy Athenians pay for a warship.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ancient Greeks were xenophobic rather than xenophiles. The alleged difference between Athens and Sparta was a difference of degree of xenophobic attitudes. Sparta practiced Xenelasia, i.e., expulsion of foreigners. An extreme version of xenophobic attitude.
Detailed explanation-3: -Unlike citizens, metics could be made to undergo judicial torture and the penalties for killing them were not as severe as for killing a citizen. Metics were also subject to enslavement for a variety of offences.
Detailed explanation-4: -They were a recognized part of the community and specially protected by law, although subject to restrictions on marriage and property ownership. A significant source of manpower and skilled labour, they constituted a large part of the population of Athens by the 5th century bc.