'the common people who row the ships and so render the city powerful'
Old Oligarch, why Athens is so powerful is because of their sea power
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steersmen, boatswains, pursers, look-out men, and shipwrights'
Old Oligarch, jobs the common people of Athens gained from the empire
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'free and in control'
Old Oligarch, what democracy make the people feel
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'for what you consider not having good laws, is in fact what enables the common people to be strong and free'
Old Oligarch, why democracy is good
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'the rich pay for the athletics and for triremes, while the common people are paid to row the triremes and take part in athletics'
Old Oligarch, why there is social content in Athens
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'Athenians sail out and bring vexatious charges at will against the good men'
Old Oligarch, how Athens control poleis' is but overthrowing the oligarchy and insering democracy what Athens have to show them how it works
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'deprived the good men of their citizen rights, take away their money, drive them into exile, and execute them'
Old Oligarch, punishments to the oligarchies
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'the allies' money, and that the allies should have just enough to live and work on, while being unable to plot against them'
Old Oligarch, what the tribute was so much
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'they take enough money in the form of the allies' legal deposits to pay the jurymen each year'
Old Oligarch, money from the allies to the Athenian economy
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'the allies' court cases are tried in Athens'
Old Oligarch, means leaders of revolts get punished as if they were in the allied polis they they could agree with the person and they could be let free, gives Athens more control
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'the 1% tax levied at the Peiraieus is greater; second, if anyone has a room to let, he does better; third, if a man has a yoke of beast or a slave for hire'
Old Oligarch, how the common people of Athens gained from the empire
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'each one of the allies has been forced to fawn on the common people of Athens'
Old Oligarch, allies are bellow the Athenians as they decide their fate
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'they consider their hoplite force sufficiently strong if they are superior to their allies'
Old Oligarch, the hoplite army is strong in the empire but not in the whole of Greece
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'supplies come in to sea powers from areas that are flourishing'
Old Oligarch, get trade from the Black Sea so they can thrive even if they have a bad harvest
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'the Athenians mix theirs [ lifestyle] from all the Greeks and barbarians'
Old Oligarch, Athens is different to the other poleis as they are inclusive in stead of exclusive
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'timber, from another iron, and yet others copper, flax and wax'
Old Oligarch, stuff you can get in the empire from other poleis
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'the Athenians will not allow out competiters to take their produce elsewhere; if they try to, they will be barred from the sea'
Old Oligarch, if your in the empire you can not sell your goods else where
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Old Oligarch, jobs the common people of Athens gained from the empire
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steersmen, boatswains, pursers, look-out men, and shipwrights'
Card 3
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Old Oligarch, what democracy make the people feel
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Card 4
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Old Oligarch, why democracy is good
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Card 5
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Old Oligarch, why there is social content in Athens
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