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Tyrants• Solon– Reformed Draconian Laws
• Pisistratus– Champion of the Poor
• Cleisthenes– Established the first true
democracy• Pericles– Ruled during the Golden Age
of Athens
Agora• Large open space in the middle of the city-state that
contained a marketplace as well as government buildings• Citizens mingled and discussed the issues of the day before
gathering for the assembly meeting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEIn3T6nDAo
Voting• Only citizens of Athens could debate important laws • Pynx = the assembly meeting place• About 1 out of 5 Athenians were citizens• Direct democracy; voted with their hands• 3 Main Branches:– The Assembly– The Council of 500 – The Courts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCkV1DFfYG0
But…How can I vote? I don’t
have any arms.
Red Paint• All citizens were required to participate in Athen’s
democracy, but sometimes there weren’t enough people present at assembly meetings
• A red painted rope would be used to corral citizens from the Agora into the Pynx
• If you had red paint on your shirt, you would have to pay a fine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL4B-YZuJR4
Ostracism• Ostracism literally means “judgment by shards”• Citizens would vote for the person they wanted exiled from
Athens for 10 years by writing a name on a pottery shard• A quorum, or a minimum number, of 6,000 citizens
required• Usually for people who were too personally powerful, or
who threatened influential people
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxYxyfE4onc
Who’s getting voted off the
island?
Kleroterion• Device used for randomly selecting members to the jury
in Athens• A small bronze plate used to identify the citizen was
placed into each slot• Dice were rolled to decide the row chosen to serve on
the jury for that day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc3Um-BBhpI