To be a citizen in 5th-century BCE Athens and participate in democracy, an individual usually had to be:
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Correct answer: A male over 18 with two Athenian parents
Pericles passed a strict citizenship law in 451 BCE requiring both the father and the mother to be of Athenian descent. This made Athenian citizenship a highly exclusive and privileged status.
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