He was concerned that the poor would rebel if he did not.
Because he WANTED to. ***Sexy and I know it.***
The government was the assembly of the citizens. The council of 500 was drawn from the citizenry by drawing lot, and implemented the decisions of the assembly. Pericles and others had to persuade the assembly on what were the right courses of action. Sometimes his oratory didn't get him the answer he wanted. Democracy.
Citizens have the right to vote in elections, run for public office, and access certain government benefits that non-citizens may not be eligible for.
A Roman republic
Democracy or a Mawcracy.
citizens
They had the right to vote.
If you mean holding public office by being in the government, it was only Roman citizens of the first class who had the right to hold office. If you mean being in the government in the sense of working at a government job, almost anyone who wanted to could be a part of the bureaucracy. There were government slaves, clerks, freedmen, librarians, accountants and free men who all could have government jobs according to their qualifications.If you mean holding public office by being in the government, it was only Roman citizens of the first class who had the right to hold office. If you mean being in the government in the sense of working at a government job, almost anyone who wanted to could be a part of the bureaucracy. There were government slaves, clerks, freedmen, librarians, accountants and free men who all could have government jobs according to their qualifications.If you mean holding public office by being in the government, it was only Roman citizens of the first class who had the right to hold office. If you mean being in the government in the sense of working at a government job, almost anyone who wanted to could be a part of the bureaucracy. There were government slaves, clerks, freedmen, librarians, accountants and free men who all could have government jobs according to their qualifications.If you mean holding public office by being in the government, it was only Roman citizens of the first class who had the right to hold office. If you mean being in the government in the sense of working at a government job, almost anyone who wanted to could be a part of the bureaucracy. There were government slaves, clerks, freedmen, librarians, accountants and free men who all could have government jobs according to their qualifications.If you mean holding public office by being in the government, it was only Roman citizens of the first class who had the right to hold office. If you mean being in the government in the sense of working at a government job, almost anyone who wanted to could be a part of the bureaucracy. There were government slaves, clerks, freedmen, librarians, accountants and free men who all could have government jobs according to their qualifications.If you mean holding public office by being in the government, it was only Roman citizens of the first class who had the right to hold office. If you mean being in the government in the sense of working at a government job, almost anyone who wanted to could be a part of the bureaucracy. There were government slaves, clerks, freedmen, librarians, accountants and free men who all could have government jobs according to their qualifications.If you mean holding public office by being in the government, it was only Roman citizens of the first class who had the right to hold office. If you mean being in the government in the sense of working at a government job, almost anyone who wanted to could be a part of the bureaucracy. There were government slaves, clerks, freedmen, librarians, accountants and free men who all could have government jobs according to their qualifications.If you mean holding public office by being in the government, it was only Roman citizens of the first class who had the right to hold office. If you mean being in the government in the sense of working at a government job, almost anyone who wanted to could be a part of the bureaucracy. There were government slaves, clerks, freedmen, librarians, accountants and free men who all could have government jobs according to their qualifications.If you mean holding public office by being in the government, it was only Roman citizens of the first class who had the right to hold office. If you mean being in the government in the sense of working at a government job, almost anyone who wanted to could be a part of the bureaucracy. There were government slaves, clerks, freedmen, librarians, accountants and free men who all could have government jobs according to their qualifications.
citizens
citizens
The citizens (males).
A specific right of a full citizen of Rome that was not granted to partial citizens was the right to hold public office.