The class of the metics in ancient Greek society has often been overlooked. What were their unique status and roles in the ancient society?

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During the end of Greece’s Bronze Age, between approximately 1700 and 1100 B.C., Mycenaean civilization flourished throughout the Peloponnesian Peninsula.