The Athenian Citizenship Laws
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23487407 |
|---|---|
| Authors | De Ste Croix (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Pages | 233-251 |
| Publication date | 2004-03-25 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Athenian democratic origins (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199255177.003.0007 |
| OpenAlex | W2496450378 |
| ISBN | 9780199255177 |
| Language | EN |
This essay argues that most of what has been written in modern times about the Athenian citizenship laws is of very poor quality. For an extreme but by no means unusual view, it is worth looking at Adcock in CAH V 16788: accepting the most common interpretation of the events of 445/4, as ‘the retrospective enforcement’ of Pericles' citizenship law, he speaks of ‘this narrow policy’ as ‘a grievous error..., a great reproach on the state-craft of Pericles, a denial of Athens' past, and a menace to Athens' future’. The most absurd theory of all is set out in the most detailed recent examination of the law of Pericles and its supposed consequences, that of Jacoby, who thinks the law was formulated as a potential weapon against Cimon.
Citizenship · Political science · Politics · Classical Antiquity Studies · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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