"Another consequence of some moment arose out of this victory
[of the Athenians over the citizens of Chalkis, or Chalcis, in
the island of Eubœa, B. C. 506—see ATHENS: B. C. 509-506].
The Athenians planted a body of 4,000 of their citizens as
Kleruchs (lot-holders) or settlers upon the lands of the
wealthy Chalkidian oligarchy called the Hippobotæ—proprietors
probably in the fertile plain of Lelantum between Chalkis and
Eretria. This is a system which we shall find hereafter
extensively followed out by the Athenians in the days of their
power; partly with the view of providing for their poorer
citizens—partly to serve as garrison among a population
either hostile or of doubtful fidelity. These Attic Kleruchs
(I can find no other name by which to speak of them) did not
lose their birthright as Athenian citizens. They were not
colonists in the Grecian sense, and they are known by a
totally different name—but they corresponded very nearly to
the colonies formerly planted out on the conquered lands by
Rome."
_G. Grote,
History of Greece,
part 2, chapter 31 (volume 4)._
ALSO IN:
_A. Boeckh,
Public Economy of Athens,
book 3, chapter 18._
See, also, ATHENS: B. C. 440-437.
KLOSTER-SEVEN, Convention of.
See GERMANY: A. D. 1757 (JULY-DECEMBER); and 1758.
KNECHTE, The.
See SLAVERY, MEDIÆVAL: GERMANY.