Practice question · Estimate
Athens at its height had a citizen body entitled to vote in the assembly. Roughly what percentage of the total population of Attica was that?
Estimate on a scale from 0% (0) to 100% (100).
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- Women, slaves and resident foreigners were excluded entirely.
- Perhaps 30,000 citizens in a population of around 250,000.
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Why
Somewhere around ten to fifteen per cent. The figures are debated, but the shape is not: the paradigm case of direct democracy excluded women, slaves and resident foreigners entirely. Direct and inclusive are separate properties, and Athens had only the first.
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