Council of Five Hundred (Boule)

GPTKB entity

Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:government_agency
Athenian institution
gptkbp:category Ancient Greek institutions
Political history of Athens
gptkbp:composition 50 members from each of 10 tribes
gptkbp:country Ancient Greece
gptkbp:criteria members chosen by lot
gptkbp:dissolved 322 BC
gptkbp:established c. 507 BC
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Cleisthenes
gptkbp:function oversaw government administration
managed finances
prepared business for the Assembly
supervised magistrates
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Council of Five Hundred (Boule)
gptkbp:language gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:location gptkb:Athens
gptkbp:meetingPlace cathedral
gptkbp:numberOfMembers 500
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Prytaneis
gptkb:Athenian_democracy
gptkb:Ecclesia_(Assembly)
gptkbp:successor Roman Senate (in function, not direct succession)
gptkbp:termLength one year
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ephialtes'_reforms
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6