This ostrakon from 482 BC was recovered from a well near the Acropolis. The Athenians had a particular voting technique to remove a citizen from the community.  If ostracized, the person was exiled for ten years, and after that time could return and have their property restored.  <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Themistocles" class="mw-redirect" title="Themistocles">Themistocles</a> was a great Athenian general, but the Spartans worked to have him exiled. After his ostracism, he moved to Persia, Athen's enemy, where King Artaxerxes I made him governor of Magnesia. <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Agora_Museum_in_Athens" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Agora Museum in Athens">Ancient Agora Museum in Athens</a>.
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