Western Civilization I / Unit 18 WC1 1719 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Join: Citizenship From Polis to Commune
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The idea
The polis made citizenship the basic membership; Rome extended it without the vote to Latins, then to loyal elites, then to all free people in two twelve; the Hellenistic kingdoms made it an ornament; medieval towns revived it as a charter freeing a serf in a year and a day.
In practice
Entries 0204, 0506, 0623 and 1016.
Where people slip
Each version excluded someone.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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