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Citizenship at Athens:  What's the Big Deal?

[Beginnings of a page on the importance of citizenship]

Dr.  S. F. Shields has referred faculty to the important topic of Athenian citizenship, mentioning:
 

   "Pericles’ Citizenship Law"
   Alfred French (University of Adelaide)
   The Ancient History Bulletin 8.3 (1994) 71-75

   http://ivory.trentu.ca/www/cl/ahb/ahb8/ahb-8-3a.html
 

Why did Athenians take the notion of citizen so seriously, and what can we learn from them?

[review history of the concept of citizen, etc.]