[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 4 2004: Standard Weights and Measures

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Standard Weights and Measures The Controllers of Measures (Metronomoi) have also left us many samples of their work. One set of bronze weights (34), inscribed as standard weights of the Athenians, are ... about 1½ quarts; the other ... half-choinikes (about 1½ quarts) of ... the Agora, where it must

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Slaves and Resident Aliens

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The Unenfranchised II - Slaves and Resident Aliens Also excluded from political participation were two other large segments of the population: slaves and metics (resident aliens). Slavery was common in ... Athenians 1.10-11). Athenian ... Athenians 1.12). Athenian (Attic)

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Monument of the Eponymous Heroes

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Monument of the Eponymous Heroes Across the street from the Metroon lie the remains of the Monument of the Eponymous Heroes (Fig. 21). When Kleisthenes created the democracy in 508/7 B.C., he assigned ... Agora

[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 ... Agora

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Mint

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Mint Just east of the fountain house lie the miserable remains of a large square building with several rooms; the northern half lies under the Church of the Holy Apostles and the Southeast Temple (Early ... Agora

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Lawcourts

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Lawcourts Underlying the north end of the Stoa of Attalos are the slight remains of a group of buildings dating to the 5th and 4th centuries B.C. (Fig. 50). Largely open courtyards, they seem to have served ... Agora

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Democracy from the Past to the Future

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Democracy from the Past to the Future Searching for models for the new government they were creating, America's Founding Fathers studied both the democracy of Athens and the republic of Rome, but they ... Agora

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 4 2004: Military Service

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Military Service After the 18-year-old was registered in his deme as a citizen and was approved by the Council, he entered military service as a young conscript (ephebe) with other members of his tribe ... Agora