Az Ilioni polgárok
Ilion Citizens

Summary/Abstract: A surviving citizens’ census from Ilion reveals surprising facts about the composition of the population of the city in the second century BC. It is notable that three quarters of the households consisted of single people and the number of families with more than one children was insignificant, which suggest that people practiced conscious family planning. Besides the obvious preference for single child family units, the proportion of single women and widows is also high. This implies that the mandatory guardianship of women (i.e. that women were subject to the guardianship of their father, husband or other male relative), as prescribed by Greek Law, was not adhered to in everyday life, especially at times when the number of widows increased. These women were able to live in their own households and were economically active in their own right.

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