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This measure was welcomed in Athenian demoacy because now lower class citizens could take time off from their occupations in order to take part in governmental and city dealings. This also benefited the lowetr class because now they would be getting paid for the time they had and would provide while in the jury
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How was Pericles' introduction of jurors being paid a 'political gambit' again his opponent Cimon in 462 BC?
Pericles was not the leader of the emerging democracy in Athens in 462 BCE - this was Ephialtes. His deputy Pericles took over after Ephialtes' assassination in 460 BCE. It is more likely that Pericles introduced jury pay in his citizenship law in 451 BCE. Whatever the date of jury trials, Cimon was exiled in 461 BCE - his opponent then being Ephialtes. We have no evidence that Cimon was exiled by a jury trial. If this was so, it would have been Ephialtes who organised it, not Pericles.
Did pericles have children?
Yes, Pericles had a son - also pericles - with the metic Asphasia.
What type of government was Pericles?
Pericles was not a democracy. Pericles was a statesman in Athens and was considered today as a general. Pericles did not make Democracy. The people of Greece did.
Who was the Athenian statesman during the golden age who promoted the idea of democracy?
The Greek statesman Pericles then expanded the democracy. He was an Athenian statesman who had an impact on politics that remains today.
What did pericles invent?
Pericles was not an inventor, he was an Athenian general and statesman who lived in the fifth century BC.
