1. By Noah Fishkind

2. To be an Upper Classmen do you need to have slaves?

3. Ancient Greece upper class

4. Did the middle classman's have a large number of non citizens?

5. The middle class in Athens had a large number of non citizens. They were mostly professional. For example merchans,contractors manufacturers, managers, tradesmen, craftsmen, and artists In the course of their wandering, they have found in Athens the economic liberty and opportunity which outweighed the down side of not being able to vote.

6.  WERE THE LOWER CLASS PEOPLE ONCE SLAVES?

7. THE lower class was made up of freemen, who at one time in their lives had been slaves. Most of the time these people were not citizens of Athens, so the best they could ever be is middle class. There are different ways that a slave can gain his or her freedom. The slave may be freed by his or her ransom being paid off by a relative or friend.

8. IS IT POSSABLE FOR A LOWER CLASSMAN OR A PERSON WITH NOT A LOT OF MONEY TO HAVE A SLAVE?

9. The slaves of Athens were unransom prisoners of war, victims of slave raids, infants rescued from exposure, and criminals. Only a very small number of slaves were Greek, the rest were considered barbarians because they were from a different place. The cost of a slave ranged from 50 to 1,000 dollars. Even fairly poor citizens often had a slave or two, while a rich home could have as many as fifty.

10. People first moved into what is now Greece about 4000 years ago. They came in groups and settled together in tribes. These tribes deThe sea was overrun with pirates. Since the Athenians had the best navy in Greece, they said they would get rid of the pirates. This was fine until all the pirates were gone. At this time the Athenians kept on stopping ships and collecting money. Perciles used the money to rebuild the Athenian acropolis that had been burned by the Persians. The people of Sparta became angry over this. They decided to fight the Athenians. One big problem occurred. The two armies had trouble finding a place to fight. The Spartans were great on land. The Athenians were a great sea power.