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A Survey Of Athenian Block Grants Of Citizenship, Mary Jean E. Mcnamara
A Survey Of Athenian Block Grants Of Citizenship, Mary Jean E. Mcnamara
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During the fifth and fourth centuries BCE, the Athenians awarded block grants of citizenship to several groups of allies who had served to protect and defend Athenian democracy. This paper examines some examples of these block grants and the degree to which foreigners were afforded the same protections and privileges awarded to native-born Athenian citizens.