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To: Solon who wrote (3849)	4/24/2010 10:19:35 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 69300

It is estimated that in Athens, the majority of citizens owned at least one slave. Most ancient writers considered slavery not only natural but necessary It is difficult to estimate the number of slaves in ancient Greece, given the lack of a precise census and variations in definitions during that era. It is certain that Athens had the largest slave population, with as many as 80,000 in the 5th and 6th centuries BC,[44] on average three or four slaves per household