The Chalcis Decree (446)
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- The Chalcis Decree (446)
- In 447-446 the island of Euboea revolted against Athens at the same time as Megara destroyed her Athenian garrison.
- The loss of Megara was disastrous, but Pericles subdued the whole island of Euboea and soon after issued a Decree relating to the Euboean city of Chalcis.
- The citizens of Chalcis were required to swear an oath:
- 1) 'I will not revolt against the Athenian people by any art or device, either in word or in deed'.
- 2) 'I will pay the tribute to the Athenians'.
- 3) 'I will aid and succour the Athenian people if anyone wrongs the Athenian people'.
- 4) I will be obedient to the Athenian people'.
- "All adult males are to swear the oaths, and anyone who does not swear it is to lose his citizen rights and have his property confiscated and a tithe of it consecrated to Olympian Zeus".
- The citizens of Chalcis were required to swear an oath:
- The loss of Megara was disastrous, but Pericles subdued the whole island of Euboea and soon after issued a Decree relating to the Euboean city of Chalcis.
- Anticles proposed this motion:
- "The aliens at Chalcis pay taxes to Athens"
- "In Athens, the Secretary of the Council is to record this Decree and the oath on a stone stele and set it up on the Acropolis at the expense of the Chalcidians."
- "In Chalcis, the Council of the Chalcidians is to record and set them up in the temple of Olympian Zeus."
- In 447-446 the island of Euboea revolted against Athens at the same time as Megara destroyed her Athenian garrison.
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