1) Ancient Greek society
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In Ancient Greece, dokimasia (Greek: δοκιμασία) was the name used at Athens to denote the process of ascertaining the capacity of the citizens for the exercise of public rights and duties. If, for instance, a young citizen was to be admitted among the epheboi, he was examined in an assembly of his district to find out whether he was desce...
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(from the article `archon`) The potential power of the archons placed them under a variety of restrictions. Before entering office they had to undergo an examination (dokimasia) ... ...they now conducted a mere preliminary hearing, and the main case went to a large popular jury. The authority to conduct inquiries into the ... [2 rela...
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