Enktesis
Enktesis ( Greek ἔγκτησις ) denotes the right of citizens of other countries to acquire land in ancient Greece .
Only citizens could own land in Athens. Metöken , the foreigners living in Athens, did not have full legal capacity. They were not allowed to acquire ownership of land. This right could be granted to them individually by resolution of the Ekklesia (popular assembly) .
Another possibility of the prerogative of enktesis ( ἔγκτησις πάντων θανάτων καί ἀθανάτων ) d. H. the acquisition of land ( ἀθάνατα ) as well as cattle and slaves ( θνατά ) existed in intergovernmental agreements . In the Hellenistic period in particular , epigamy and enktesis were among the most important contractual provisions in international isopolitical treaties. One example is the border, isopolitical and alliance treaty between the Aitolian and Akarnanian federations in 263/62 BC. Chr.
Individual evidence
- ↑ online lexicon Sphinx search ( Memento of the original dated December 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Inscriptiones Graecae 9, 1 ², 3 = Wilhelm Dittenberger , Sylloge 421 A ( Greek text , German translation ).
