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Whenever anyone requested to be admitted to one of these little societies, the members took a vote on him by secret ballot. ... It goes without saying that once gold and silver were banished from Sparta, ... Two maxims inscribed at this temple epitomized the way of Ancient Greece: "Know Yourself" and "Nothing in Excess."
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also worth noting, as we shall see in a moment, that the ballot was not introduced first ..... citizen he most wanted to see banished from the city on a potsherd ..... “On the Possible and the Probable in Ancient Greece.” Osiris, vol. ...
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ostracism method of banishment in ancient Greece by voting with potsherds or tiles on which the name of the person proposed to be banished was written. XVI. — F. ostracisme or modL. ostracismus — Gr. ostrakismós, f. ostrakizein (whence ostracize XVII), f. óstrakon shell, tile, potsherd, rel.
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∎ (in ancient Greece) banish (an unpopular or too powerful citizen) from a city for five or ten years by popular vote. DERIVATIVES: os·tra·cism / -ˌsizəm/ n. ... Home > History > Ancient Greece and Rome > Ancient History, Greece...
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Women in; Ancient Greece ... About Ancient Greece ... An ostraka (pottery sherd) which served as a ballot in voting to ostracize (banish) the statesman Aristides.
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Fully searchable and cross-referenced information about Greece from The Probert Encyclopaedia. ... In this sense vote by ballot is the mode adopted in electing the members of legislative assemblies in most countries, as well as the members of various other bodies. In ancient Greece and Rome the ballot was in common use.
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The use of white and black balls or cubes cast into different receptacles may be traced back to Ancient Greece and Rome, where voting for various purposes, even verdicts of juries, required the voters to cast ... The impression being given that the secrecy of the ballot is an ancient and fundamental tenet of Freemasonry,
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Located at the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula - 3/4 of Greece is mountainous. ... An Island Located Southeast Of Greece - Heavily Involved In Trade With Greeks, Phoenicians, And Egyptians. ... Election by ballot...
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Criminal Procedure in Ancient Greece and the Trial of Socrates ... ; Ballot disks from the fourth-century B.C.E. ... The 500 jurors voted on his guilt or innocence by dropping bronze ballot disks of the sort pictured above into marked urns. Only a majority vote was necessary for conviction. Four jurors were assigned the task...
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