6 sentences with 'citizen'
Example sentences and phrases with the word citizen and other words derived from it.
• « Each hoplite soldier had to be a free Greek citizen of his polis and had to be able to pay for his own weapons and armour. »
• « Throughout Greece, polis first adopted the practice of state-funded standing armies, rather than volunteer citizen soldiers. »
• « Previously, a citizen had to be wealthy enough to volunteer for city government, which meant that almost all farmers and small merchants were cut off from direct political power. »