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By Noah Fishkind
QUESTION
To be an Upper Classmen do you need
to have slaves?
TO BE A MEMBER OF THE UPPER CLASS IN ATHENS YOU MUST BE A CITIZEN, AND YOU CAN NOT HAVE A JOB. A MEMBER OF THE UPPER
CLASS MUST BE FREE FROM ECONOMIC TASKS SUCH AS
TRADING. HE MUST GET SLAVES OR OTHERS TO ATTEND TO HIS MATERIAL CONCERNS SUCH AS HIS PROPERTY AND FORTUNE
Ancient Greece upper class
QUESTION
Did the middle classman's have a large number of non
citizens?
ANCIENT GREECE MIDDLE CLASS
The middle class in Athens had a large number of non citizens. They
were mostly professional. For example merchans,contractors
manufacturers, managers, tradesmen, craftsmen, and artists In the course of their wandering,
they have found in Athens the economic liberty and opportunity
which outweighed the down side of not being able to vote.
QUESTION
WERE THE LOWER CLASS PEOPLE ONCE SLAVES?
ANCIENT GREECE LOWER CLASS
THE lower class was made up of freemen, who at one time in their lives had been slaves. Most of the
time these people were not citizens of Athens, so the best they could ever be is middle class. There are
different ways that a slave can gain his or her freedom. The slave may
be freed by his or her ransom being paid off by a relative or friend.
QUESTION
IS IT POSSABLE FOR A LOWER CLASSMAN OR A PERSON WITH NOT A LOT
OF MONEY TO HAVE A SLAVE?
ANCIENT GREECE SLAVES
The slaves of Athens were unransom prisoners of war, victims of slave raids,
infants rescued from exposure, and criminals. Only a very small number of
slaves were Greek, the rest were considered barbarians because they were from a different place. The cost of a slave
ranged from 50 to 1,000 dollars. Even fairly poor citizens often had a slave or two,
while a rich home could have as many as fifty.
ANCIENT GREECE FACTS
People first moved into what is now Greece about 4000 years ago. They came in groups and settled together in tribes. These tribes deThe
sea was overrun with pirates. Since the Athenians had the best navy in
Greece, they said they would get rid of the pirates. This was fine until all the pirates were
gone. At this time the Athenians kept on stopping ships and collecting money. Perciles
used the money to rebuild the Athenian acropolis that had been burned by the Persians.
The people of Sparta became angry over this. They decided to fight the Athenians. One big
problem occurred. The two armies had trouble finding a place to fight. The Spartans were great on land. The Athenians were a great sea power.
THE END