[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Boule

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The Boule (The Senate) The Athenian legislature also included a deliberative body known as the Boule. It was made up of 500 members -- 50 from each of the 10 tribes -- who were chosen by lot and served ... Excavations have revealed the foundations of a nearly square building (23.30 m. X 23.80 m.), with a cross wall dividing the structure into a main chamber and entrance vestibule. ... In the late 5th century a new Bouleuterion, immediately adjacent to the old one, was built to house the 500 senators.

[Agora Webpage] Overview: The Staff

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The Archaeologists The First Generation The Agora Excavations staff and work force, 1933. Archaeologists, staff, foremen, and workmen gathered under the Hephaisteion for a group photograph. The staff of ... Piet de Jong at work in the Old Excavation House, 1937. Virginia Grace joined the records staff of the Agora in 1932. ... Crosby also coauthored, with Mabel Lang, Agora X, combining her interests in weights and measures and inscriptions.