Athens: A City State Location, Government, & Daily Life.

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Athens: A City State Location, Government, & Daily Life

Location Athens is located on Attica.

Government 509 B.C. Cleisthenes instituted 1 st constitution. It was democratic – Demos (people) kratos (rule).

Legislative Branch Council Solon’s first council was 400. Later changed to 500 citizens (serve only twice) Chosen by lot (50 ppl from 10 tribes) Each tribal group took turns ruling Drew up new laws/policies

Legislative Continues Assembly Made of citizens (+18 yrs, male, Athens) Meet approx. every 10 days At least 6,000 must be present Vote to approve, change, or reject proposals from council

Executive Branch Strategos 10 elected annually Army commanders Implement the policies of the Council and Assembly

Judicial Branch Jurors (citizens +20 yrs) A jury ~ hundreds of men No lawyers or judges Citizens presented own case Hired professional speechwriters Ballot disks used for voting

Citizenship in Athens To be a citizen you must be male, 18, and have been born in Athens Citizens only made up about 15% of the population. The rest of the Athenian population was made up of slaves( 25%), women & children (48%), and metics/ foreigners (12%).

Daily Life Education Boys~ Began 7 yrs. Old Reading, writing, math, music, poetry, art Some girls had private tutors

Euclid, Pythagoras, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle School of Athens

Daily Life Continues Military Boys ages trained Between 20 – 50 years are called during war