In modern parlance, to ostracize means to exclude someone from society or from a community, by not communicating with or even noticing them, similar to The shunning of an individual is the act of deliberately avoiding association with him or her. ...shunning. In a historical context, the term refers to ostracism, which was a legal process during the Athenian democracy _ Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...Athenian democratic period in the Ancient Greece is the term used to describe the Greek_speaking world in ancient times. ...Ancient Greek A city_state is a region controlled exclusively by a city. ...city_state of The Acropolis in central Athens, one of the most important landmarks in world history. ...Athens. Under this procedure, a single Citizenship is membership in a political community (originally a city but now a state), and carries with it rights to political participation; a person having such membership is a citizen. ...citizen was See Exile (disambiguation) for other meanings. ...exiled for a ten_year period without other loss of rights.

The word "ostracism" comes from the The Greek language (Greek Ελληνικά, IPA – Hellenic) is an Indo_European language with a documented history of some 3,000 years. ...Greek word ostrakon (ὄστρακον) meaning "pottery fragment" or "potshard."

Because Blank papyrus. ...papyrus was an expensive import from Map of Ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt was the civilization of the Nile Valley between about 3000 BC and the conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great in 332 BC. As a civilization based on irrigation it is the quintessential example of an hydraulic empire. ...Egypt, the ancient Greeks used fragments of pottery for casual sketches, note_taking, and For the Finno_Ugric people, see Votes. ...voting. In January of each year, the assembly took a vote on ostracism. If at the designated assembly meeting there were at least 6,000 ballots cast, whichever citizen received a simple majority of the votes was exiled for ten years, under which he could not return to This article is about Attica in Greece. ...Attica under penalty of Death Penalty World Map Color Key: Blue: Abolished for all crimes Green: Abolished for crimes not committed in exceptional circumstances (such as crimes committed in time of war) Orange: Abolitionist in Practice Red: Legal Form of Punishment Capital punishment, also referred to as the death penalty, is the judicially ordered...death. The citizen lost the right to participate in politics by virtue of his absence, but his property was not confiscated, and he could appoint a manager to deal with his affairs and forward any income.

The minimum figure of 6,000 ballots required has been interpreted by Generally speaking, a historian is a person who studies history. ...historians to mean that an attendance of 6,000 citizens at an assembly may have been a high number, rather than a regularly expected monthly number.

Many well_known politicians of democracy were ostracized at one time or another, and periodically the democracy passed A private bill is the term used for legislation that originates from a particular member of a legislature or parliament or from a member of the public. ...special laws The term recall has a number of meanings: Product recall A recall election Recall to employment after a layoff Recall from memory. ...recalling an ostracized person to deal with special circumstances. Note: This article is about Aristides the statesman. ...Aristides returned to the service of Athens in the recall during the The Greco_Persian Wars or Persian Wars were a series of conflicts between the Greek world and the Persian Empire that started about 500 BC and lasted until 448 BC. The term can also refer to the continual warfare of the Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire against the Parthians and...Persian Wars and materially aided the state at the Battle of Salamis Conflict Persian Wars Date September, 480 BC Place Off Salamis Result Greek victory The Battle of Salamis was a naval battle between the Greek city_states and Persia, fought in September, 480 BC in the straits between Piraeus and Salamis, a small island in the Saronic Gulf...Battle of Salamis.

Evidence exists that there was Electoral fraud is the deliberate interference with the process of an election. ...electoral fraud on occasion. Ostraca have been found with the same name on them, obviously written by the same person (all of them had the same misspelling). The analysis of this evidence is that the pre_written ostraca were designed to be handed out to random citizens to help oust a certain person.

Notable individuals that were ostracized include Aristides ( Centuries: 6th century BC _ 5th century BC _ 4th century BC Decades: 530s BC _ 520s BC _ 510s BC _ 500s BC _ 490s BC _ 480s BC _ 470s BC _ 460s BC _ 450s BC _ 440s BC _ 430s BC 489 BC 488 BC 487 BC 486 BC 485 BC 484 BC 483 BC 482 BC 481...480s BC), This article or section should include material fromKimon Cimon (died 450 BC?) was a major figure of the 470s BC and 460s BC in Athens, and the son of Miltiades. ...Cimon (late Centuries: 6th century BC _ 5th century BC _ 4th century BC Decades: 510s BC _ 500s BC _ 490s BC _ 480s BC _ 470s BC _ 460s BC _ 450s BC _ 440s BC _ 430s BC _ 420s BC _ 410s BC 469 BC 468 BC 467 BC 466 BC 465 BC 464 BC 463 BC 462 BC 461...460s BC), and Themistocles (ca. ...Themistocles (late Centuries: 6th century BC _ 5th century BC _ 4th century BC Decades: 520s BC _ 510s BC _ 500s BC _ 490s BC _ 480s BC _ 470s BC _ 460s BC _ 450s BC _ 440s BC _ 430s BC _ 420s BC 479 BC 478 BC 477 BC 476 BC 475 BC 474 BC 473 BC 472 BC 471...470s BC).