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Now that was swept away by Solon's new system.
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He changed it so that the determination
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of who was eligible to serve in these councils and offices
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was based on the wealth that they had.
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Just to show you--and this is an argument against the coinage
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being present in that he did not fix the rating
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of citizens for these jobs in money.
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He rated them in measures of agricultural produce,
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whether dry produce or liquid produce,
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equally available.
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These measures of produce
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were called medimnoi measures.