Areopagus Council - Areopagus Council

Japanese: アレオパゴス会議 - アレオパゴスかいぎ

The Council of Ancient Athens, equivalent to the Roman Senate. Its name comes from the fact that its assembly hall was on the Areopagus (the Hill of Ares) west of the Acropolis. Those who had served as archons were given life membership after examination. Its duties included trying murderers and arsonists, and supervising officials, but it lost its power with the development of democracy after the mid-5th century BC.
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Japanese:

古代アテナイでローマの元老院に相当する会議。名称は議場がアクロポリス西方のアレオパゴス（アレスの丘Areios pagos）にあったことに由来。アルコン職経験者が審査を経て終身会員となった。殺人・放火犯の裁判，役人の監督を職務としたが，前５世紀半ば以後民主政発展とともに権力を失う。
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