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Metics in Ancient Athens
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Facts About Metics
Metics could not own property but still had to pay taxes.
It was extremely rare for a metic to be granted full citizenship because only the Assembly was allowed grant citizenship.
Metics were not allowed to vote or prticipate in government because the Athenians did not belive that foreigners would have the best interests of the city at heart.
If a man's mother was a
metic, the man was
considered a metic and was not granted citizenship.
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How were metics and citizens different?
The metics were free to work live as they please but they could not own property, and they still had to pay tax.
It was very rare for a metic to be granted citizenship because only the Assembly was able to do that. For example , if a metic acted like a hero in a battle for Athens, the people of the Assembly might vote to grant him citizenship, but like a citizen woman would not be able to be granted citizenship because woman are not alowed to participate in government, or fight in a war.
What is a Metic?
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Metics in Ancient Athens
Because Athens was so wealthy, many foreigners came to live in Athens. These people were known as metics.
During times of war, metics would fight for Athens just like a citizen, but even though they were like citizens, metics were not considered citizens. Even a man who was born in Athens could not become a citizen if his mother was a metic.
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