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• Democracy 


  Form of government where power to make decisions is in hands of majority, like the public
• What is the Athenian Assembly?


  Name of their government

  Gathering of citizens held very 10 days on the Pnyx
• Could everyone attend the Pnyx?


  No, because it would be hard for poor people to travel
• What would happen if you dont attend the Pnyx?


  whipped and shamed
• What type of democracy is Athens?


  Direct Democracy
• What is a direct democracy?


  The public have a say
• Qualities you need to access the assembly


  Fully Athenian

  free person

  Served 2 years in military

  Paid all taxes
• What is the Boule?


  Council, most important

  decide what to discuss
• How many people in Boule, and how are they selected?


  500

  50 men from each 10 tribes chosen randomly

  only become it twice
• What is the Senior Archon?


  In charge of Assembly

  Have good knowledge of Law, like a judge
• How many Senior Archons are there and how do they get chosen?


  10, one from each tribe
• What was ostracism?


  Once a year, they ask if they want to hold an ostracism.

  each citizen wrote a name they want to be gone and put it in a pot, person with most votes is exiled
• What is the religious purpose of comedy plays

  performed for honour of Dionysus
• political purpose of comedy plays 


  to educate the audience - didactic

  by ridiculing people
• Who is Aristophanes and what did he write?


  Comedy Playwright

  Wrote The Assemblywomen
• Was the problem in The Assmeblkywomen real?

  Yes, but Aristophanes solution was a joke
• What is The AssemblyWomen about?


  Comedy play about women taking care of politics
• What is a farce?


  Buffoonish comic that has impossible situations and crude characters
• What is the key idea in The Assemblywomen


  Women didn't have education for speech like the men, making fun of their speech

  Stereotype that women are bad speakers
• What is the lesson targeted at men in the Assemblywomen by Aristophanes 


  He críticas behaviour of people in Assembly

  They drink and become drunk
• How would a women get political power in Athens?

  Access to powerful men - sex

  protest /violence

  education
• What democracy is Roman?

  Representational Republic - vote for candidate to represent

  public has no power
• How did the Roman Republic begin?


  When the Roman kingd were exiled due to the death of Lucretia’s
• Quuality you need to be in Roman elections


  rich

  high class

  male

  14 minimum age

  Roman citizen

  free person
• What is Roman senate?


  Romans central governing system
• How does someone become a senator 


  Vote
• How many magistrates a year?

  34
• Questor - duty - amount 


  manages finance - 20
• Aedile 


  oversee public service - 4
• Praetor 


  run law courts - 8
• Consul 


  co - heads of state - 2
• What is a dictator 


  has all power over Rome
• How did romans vote 


  One unit / arrea would vote, and the majority in each area is the winnner
• How did they first vote in `Roman elections 


  Orally
• Explain bribery in roman elections 


  It was illegal but happened a lot

  Candidate would pay people to campaign for them, was very expensive
• Who was Catiline?


  A man who has run for election many times, but lost several times, very expensive
• Explain Catillinarian Conspiracy


  Plotters head out to city at night

  Find Romes leading politicians and kill them

  Set fire on buildings
• What did women do in the Catillinarian conspiracy 


  sex workers joined

  joined because they were used to living in riches, when they are older they are less attractive, poor

  Catliine had promised to cancel all debts
• Did the conspiracy work?


  no, they were betrayed and consuls found out
• Who is sallust


  Man who wrote catillinarain conspiracy