Agora Flashcards
What building housed the Eponymous Archon in the Agora
Prytaneion
King Archon / Archon Basileus was housed where in the agora ?
Royal Stoa (responsible for most legal matters + laws
Who established the Old Bouleuterion in the agora
Solon, when he created the council of the 400
Who created the New Bouleuterion in the 5th century BCE
Cleisthenes with his many reforms
What was the name of the executive committee that ran the Boule and where were they housed ?
The Prytaneis, they were housed the Tholos
What archaeological proof is there evidencing the practise of sortition in the Athenian process of electing citizens in the Boule
Kleroterion machines
What were agoranomoi and metronomoi responsible for
Oversee the regularity of transactions carried out in the market REFERENCED BY ARISTOTLE- selected by lot 5 at Piraeus and 5 in the city (Athens)
Metronomoi ensured the weights and measure sellers were using were using just weights for buyers
