Antiquity

Question 1

Name the three different types of state in Ancient Antiquity

Answer 1

City-states (Athens etc.), ethnic political communities (Greek: ethnos); Empires (latin: Imperium)

Question 2

What must you attain, according to Weber, to be a state?

Answer 2

A monopoly on legitimate force

Question 3

Who was Draco?

Answer 3

Athens first legal legislator, his laws were incredibly violent and strict hence the creation of the word ‘Draconian’.

Question 4

Define: Institutional v. Personal power

Answer 4

institutional was the republican systems of Greece and Rome, power sharing between multiple boards of officials. minimised personal power. // personal power more like dictatorship

Question 5

Why are ‘struggles between status groups’ and ‘class struggle’ not the same?

Answer 5

class struggle only comes about when different economic groups become self-aware of their differing economic position: debtors v. creditors, buyers v. sellers, labourers v. employers/capitalists.

Question 6

What is the difference between status and class?

Answer 6

status is vague and more a psychological description that can be self applied; you cannot decide what class you are. in a marxist sense, class is precise and a material objective.

Question 7

think of two examples that make class and status distinction problematic in ancient antiquity.

Answer 7

1. large-scale property owners 2. small-scale property owners 3. agricultural v. industrial property 4. slaves (status group or class)

Question 8

What were the leisure class?

Answer 8

In ancient antiquity a class so well off that they could pursue leisurely pursuits as their main focus.

Question 9

Why was status rivalry by competitive exchange important?

Answer 9

Because it could possibly have been an alternative to war and violence.

Question 10

Name four desirable female attributes.

Answer 10

household management skills, fertility, charm; wisdom.