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Why did Athens have so many people on their juries

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The amount was different for each trial but was around several hundred to several thousand. This was to prevent corruption as the belief was that no one would be able to bribe several hundred jurors. They had an odd amount of jurors to prevent a tie and the jurors were picked by lot.

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