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The Athenian Democracy in the Age of Demosthenes: Structure, Principles and Ideology

Mogens Herman Hansen · Blackwell · 1991

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Mogens Herman Hansen

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EstablishedClassical Athens combined an Assembly open to male citizens with a Council of 500 chosen by lot (fifty per tribe), most routine magistracies filled by lot, and courts staffed by lot-selected citizen jurors; Assembly, Council and jury service were paid.EstablishedCitizenship was restricted by birth: Aristotle's account dates the rule of citizen birth on both sides to 451/0 BCE, and women, slaves and resident foreigners (metics) had no vote in the Assembly, Council or courts.