HIST-UA 157 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Peloponnesian League, Ostracism, Direct Democracy
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Athens under pericles during their golden age a. i. Direct democracy: all citizens vote on every law a. i. 2. Stipend: a payment to the people to hold public office. This made poor men able to be in office because they would still make $ even though they"re away from the farm a. i. 3. Jury: hundreds or thousands of people would be jurors. The jurors were men over 30 picked randomly a. i. 4. It meant the person would have to live outside of athens for 10 years. People would vote on if someone was ostracized a. i. 5. It was a speech of pericles where he praises democracy. He talks about everyone having a duty to vote and comply with democracy: peloponnesian war b. i. Athens and the peloponnesian league (sparta + other enemies of athens) b. ii. Athens had a geographical disadvantage, so they lost. Athenian dominance of the greek world was ended.
