A Metic was a Metic
Accepted
Journal Article (Academic article)
In Classical Athens, an immigrant who stayed longer than about a month was required to register a citizen as prostates and to commence paying the metoikion. So were freed slaves. A recent study treats these freeborn and freedman metics as distinct legal types of resident alien. Athenian law did not.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Sosin, JD
Published Date
- 2016
Published In
- Historia
Volume / Issue
- 65 / 1
Pages
- 13