[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Slaves and Resident Aliens

http://agathe.gr/democracy/slaves_and_resident_aliens.html

The Unenfranchised II - Slaves and Resident Aliens Also excluded from political participation were two other large segments of the population: slaves and metics (resident aliens). Slavery was common in ... The Unenfranchised II - Slaves and Resident Aliens Also excluded from political participation were two other large segments of the population: slaves and metics (resident aliens). ... Slaves were usually captured in war and came from all over the Mediterranean, including other Greek cities. Surviving auction records indicate that the prices of slaves varied tremendously, depending on their skills.

[Agora Image] 2012.54.0517 (LXIX-18)

Roman plastic lamps: gladiatores and slaves by water heaters ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Roman plastic lamps: gladiatores and slaves by water heaters.

[Agora Publication] AgoraPicBk 25 (2003): The Games at Athens

Neils, J. Tracy, S. V ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... This attractive book presents a general introduction to the Greater Panathenaia, the week-long religious and civic festival held at Athens every four years in honor of the city’s patron goddess, Athena ... 2003 ... The highlight of the city’s festival calendar, with its musical, athletic, and equestrian contests, tribal events, processions, sacrifices, and other activities, the Greater Panathenaia involved all the residents of Athens—not just adult males but women, children, metics (resident aliens), foreigners, and even slaves. The facilities, administration, program events, prizes, and associated monuments are described.

[Agora Publication Page] Agora 3, s. 215, p. 205

Books. Aristophanes, Birds, 1441. Pollux, VII, 211. Athenaeus, III, 126e. Kock, C.A.F., I, p. 779, no. 19. Diogenes Laertius, VII, i, 2. Horses. Theophrastos, Characteres, XXIII, 7. Lysias, XXIV (For the ... Agora 3 205 ... 4th B.C ... Slaves