who were considered citizens in ancient athens?

women
men
slaves
all athenians

The correct answer is men, as only men were considered citizens in ancient Athens.

The citizens were only free men born to an Athenian father and mother over the age of twenty-one. Fortune also gained importance, since the citizen must be available to provide services to the state. In total they were about 45,000 in a population of 300,000 people around 430 BC. The rest of the population were not considered citizens.

Metics, or foreigners, were free men who lived in Athens but came from neighboring Polis. They could devote themselves to trade, crafts or the army. They had to pay more taxes.

In the last social group were the slaves. They were the largest group of the population. However, they lacked of any right. They carried out the heavier tasks such as agricultural, domestic, artisanal and mining tasks.

Social classes were divided by who voted and who did not. Only Athenian men voted; not women, not slaves and not children.

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