CLCV 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Perioeci, Arson, Gerousia

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Classical Civilization
• Course: CLCV 1002
• Professor: Gahan J.J.

Document Summary

Monarchy: king, council (of aristocrats), assembly (of free men) The assembly disappeared in most cities by survived in sparta. In athens, the king was an elected magistrate in ancient times. By the 700s, the king has disappeared from most place and had been replaced by the council (land-bases oligarchy) Land-based oligarchy: government of aristocrats council (known as eupatridal) It did not last long because of internal struggles and was replaced throughout. Plutocratic oligarchy (an oligarchy of a few and the very wealthy) Note: one/ a few/ one / a few (or) many patterns of the different types of government. 1100 - 750: dark age (some 350 years: development of city-states, development of geometric pottery. 750 - 600: age of colonization (150 years: conflict between aristocrats & poor + land hunger = colonization (pithekoussae, aristocrats (land) vs a middle class (trade, development of familiar greek alphabet. Geometric greek pottery introduced in dark ages (100 - 750)