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Pentacosiomedimni - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the cities of 5th Century BC Ancient Greece the Pentacosiomedimni (Πεντακοσιομέδιμνοι) were the top class of citizens set out by the Politician Solon. The Pentacosiomedimni were those whose proper...
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In ancient Greece, those whose annual income equaled 500 medimni (1 medimnus = 1.5 bushels or 8.5 gallons) of grain, wine, or oil. Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2008. © 1993-2007 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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The ones with the largest number of available positions were the Pentacosiomedimni; next were the Hippeis; Those that were worth five hundred measures of fruits, dry and liquid, he placed in the first rank, calling them Pentacosiomedimni;
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On this page: Pentacosiomedimni – Pentadoron – Pentaeteris – Pentalithus – Pentaspaston – Pentathlon PENTACOSIOMEDIMNI. [census, p. 266, a.]
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He divided the population, according to property qualifications, into four classes as they had been divided before – namely, Pentacosiomedimni, Knights,
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and the following was the fashion in which he organized the constitution. He divided the population according to property into four classes, just as it had been divided before, namely, Pentacosiomedimni, Knights, At the same time it seems reasonable to suppose that this class, like the Pentacosiomedimni,
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The ones with the largest number of available positions were the Pentacosiomedimni; next were the Hippeis; then came the Zeugitae. Those that were worth five hundred measures of fruits, dry and liquid, he placed in the first rank, calling them Pentacosiomedimni;
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He divided the Athenian society into five classes based on people's annual fortune: the pentacosiomedimni, the medimni, the hippeis, the zeugotae, the thetes.
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Thus, at the time when Aristides was appointed Archon, these officers were chosen by lot from the Pentacosiomedimni After the battle of Plataea, Aristides conferred upon all Athenians, without distinction of property, the right of admission to the higher dignities of state, which they had purchased with their blood shed on...
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Solon (ancient Greek: Σόλων, c. 638 BC–558 BC) was an Athenian statesman, lawmaker, and Lyric poet. He is remembered particularly for his efforts to legislate against political, economic and moral decline in archaic Athens. His reforms failed in the short term yet he is...
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