OCR GCSE Ancient History · J198
Paper 1
Choosing office-holders by a random draw rather than by an election.
Revise: Aristotle and The Old Oligarch: Constitutional SourcesSelection by lot reduced dependence on winning an election, although it still operated within a nominated group.
- Revise: The Institutions and Procedures of Athenian Democracy
Selection by a random draw rather than by an election, used in Athens to distribute many public offices among eligible citizens.
- Revise: Plutarch and Aristotle