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Why are estimates of the population of ancient Athens difficult to make?
ChuckSiata
We have to extrapolate known figures - with an army-navy of about 35,000 at its peak, we can guess at families of 5 = 175,000 + 70,000 slaves + metics - about 250,000 all up at its peak. However plague, war and mass desertion of slaves soon reduced this dramatically in the last 30 years of the 5th Century BCE.
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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 7y agoHistorians have had difficulties when estimating the highest population of ancient Athens. The roll of Athenians included free men from the Piraeus, the port of Athens. Also the villages and farms of Attica pose a problem. Some historians cite a population of 180,000. Then it may be estimated that there were up to 20,000 resident aliens, and the slave population is extremely difficult to estimate.
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How were juries selected in ancient Athens?
300 members of the population were chosen at random from the citizen's list( there were approximately 6000 full citizens at any given time in Athens
Who had the power in Athens ancient Greece?
Athens was the capital of ancient Greece so i was very important!
What are metics in ancient Athens?
A resident alien, not a citizen but part of society.
Athens in Ancient Greece?
Yes.
Ancient citadel in Athens?
The Acropolis.
How many slaves were in ancient athens?
The best estimate is 70,000 out of a total population of 250,000.
Which society was the first to practice direct democracy?
ancient athens
What are the good things about Athens city state?
Because of ... -The art -The population -It's an ancient city
Is Athens bigger than rome?
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How were juries selected in ancient Athens?
300 members of the population were chosen at random from the citizen's list( there were approximately 6000 full citizens at any given time in Athens
What role did slavery play in ancient Greece?
It was a principal source of labour, eg a third of the population of Athens were slaves.
What was the governments of ancient Athens like?
the goverment of ancient athens like a democracy
What is the population of Athens Prefecture?
The population of Athens Prefecture is 2,664,776.
How were ancient Sparta and ancient Athens different?
Ancient Sparta focused more on military achievements and ancient Athens thought more of academic knowledge. Athens were a democracy and Sparta was an oligarchy
Did the ancient Athens in Greece not have a domocracy?
Yes, ancient Athens was actually the birthplace of democracy.
Could foreigners vote in ancient Athens?
Foreigners were not allowed to vote in ancient Athens.
How did ancient Athens compare in size to the us in 1789?
1/4 of current land; 1/100th of current population
