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449-400 BCE, Athenian citizenship, lexicon on citizenship, Literary source, non-citizens

Euripides, Heracl. 181-200. Exile as Loss of Citizenship (430 BC)

When Euripides premiered the Heracleidai, likely in 430 BC, the Peloponnesian invasion of Attica had already occurred. The Athenian audience had witnessed firsthand a Peloponnesian army follow the same path...

349-300 BCE, Epigraphic source, honorific decree, non-citizens

IG II³ 302. Honorary Decree for Dioskourides of Abdera and his Brothers (346/5 BC)

The entry of Philip II into the territory of Abdera (Demosth. 23.183; Polyaen. 4.2.22), variously dated between 355 and 347 BC, resulted in the expulsion of Athenian partisans. This honorary...