Citizenship in Athens 0.0 / 5 ? Ancient HistoryAthenian SocietyA2/A-levelOCR Created by: Gg18Created on: 22-03-19 14:56 Why citizenship was so important - Gave an individual identity to a roman it meant they weren't a slave or barbarian -Most important concepts in Athenian society and politics 1 of 5 Who could be a citizen? - Only Athenian men could be full citizens - Achieved the status at the age of 20 and only once they had been recognised as legitimate by thier exteneded family and their village 2 of 5 What rights did they have? - Male citizens could sit in the Assembly - Sit in the law courts -If from higher social classes they could hold govt. jobs 3 of 5 Pericles Reforms in 451BC - Under Pericle's reforms a person should not have the rights of citizen-ship unless both of his parents had been citizens -Harder to gain citizenship -Number of citizens would decrease -Purer blood-line -Increases status of Athenian women 4 of 5 Why were Pericles reforms introduced? -Influx of migrants who became metics so was an attempt to make citizenship harder and more limited -During the tension of the Peloponnesian war so he was ensuring pure Athenians were citizens and not from other states 5 of 5
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