Poor Siding With Upper Class In Ancient Greece

Ancient greece a phenomenal civilisation and a important part of the greek history.

Poor siding with upper class in ancient greece.

The greeks typically ate three meals a day. In these fragments we. For rome see keith. Unlike some other ancient cultures they did not consider extravagant and rich meals a good thing.

The upper class the upper middle class the lower middle class the working class and the poor. However far from being a result of capitalist societies poverty existed in pre industrial societies even in ancient ones. Athens the upper class. The ancient greece hierarchy includes four classes namely upper class or the athens the middle class or the metics the lower class or freemen and the last ones as slaves.

To get money the poor would work days and nights just to get enough to feed their children. One has to be born in athens to be a part of the upper class as the rights for this class could only be inherited on the hereditary basis. The house was made of sun dried mud brick. Although we thing that most of the clothing in ancient greece was white they were of elaborate design and of bright colors.

The three main staple foods of the greek diet were wheat oil and wine. Although the rich paid small amounts of money to the servants the poor were grateful for what they got. Information abut life in ancient greece comes decorations on pottery. No clothes have survived from this period butt there are descriptions and artistic depiction of how it looked like.

1 for further reading on slavery in greece see nicholas jones ancient greece. The athens upper class. The fight against poverty has recently been a hot topic in contemporary societies and often in the press. Being poor in ancient greece.

For example in the u s. Research in ancient history is often linked to current social issues. History ancient greece. There are approximately five social classes that most people can agree on.

The ancient greeks ate fairly simple foods. Clothing in ancient greece didn t change much during time. What meals did they eat. Likewise the poor no doubt loathed the upper classes in athens as they restricted their freedom by enslaving them and limited their rights.

Ancient greece was fully equipped with social class hierarchy system which divided people on the basis of the classes. The ancient greeks believed that they were born with no equality and that there were the superior class the upper class and the inferior class the slave class. The ancient greece divided themselves into four classes. The people of this class possessed the uppermost power and position in the society.

Most houses in ancient greek towns were built from stone or clay.