Essay On Athenian Public Life

Solution:
In Athenians public life, the process of making decisions that affect the community is via democracy. However this form of democracy did not grant everyone in the community a say in the government. The only few who have right in government are men, free men with complete Athenian parents. According to our discussion forum, we discovered that democracy was the rule of the ‘Demos’ which means people that are free, native-born of Athens. These classes of citizens are referring to as ‘Thetes’. Thetes are grouped into three:
 500 bushel men: This group or class of aristocrats is measures by their annual income in bushel of grain.
 Horse men or 300 bushel men: This class could afford horses for military service
 Middle Class called the 200 bushel men: This class too could afford armor and weapons for to serve as soldiers.
This whole group accounts for about very few
In order to hold an office of Gerousia in Sparta, the citizen must be a free-born Spartan with 60 years of age. Also as king, the citizen must be from the royal blood. |In Athens, office holders are measured by their annual income in bushel.
The only thing that is similar to both city states are the admittance of only true free-born with full parents being nationals of those states. Women, children, slaves and immigrants are not entitled to vote. they are disenfranchised. Their governmental systems are equally very different. The Ephors and Gerousia of Sparta have the power to accept or reject any matter that should come to the assembly. The assembly has the electoral power but could be checked by the Ephors and Gerousia.
On the hand, in Athens, they had direct democracy. They debated and pass laws to citizens. The Boule (legislative council) sets up the legislature, A 500 member council is selected and the Ekklesia (people’s assembly) rejects or pass the laws made by the Boule.