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They lived there in the protection of the walls. They raised families and females worked the household. They farmed the surrounding land, or carried on trades, shepherded livestock, mined, all with the help of slaves if they could afford them, with the really poor being labourers along with the slaves. They also were seamen, and fought as the army and navy when called out.

In their leisure the men acted in or attended religious festivals and plays and frequented the market, listened to philosophers and talked in the perfume shops. The women were kept in virtual purdah at home, getting out only for women's festivals.

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