Question

In Athens, there was a class of foreigners who were granted permanent residency and were expected to pay taxes and provide military service, but were denied the benefits of citizenship. What were these people called?

Answer 1

i think Metics

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metic

"In ancient Greece, the term metic (Greek métoikos: from metá, indicating change, and oîkos "dwelling")[1] referred to a resident alien, one who did not have citizen rights in his or her Greek city-state (polis) of residence.

If it had been borrowed early, Greek métoikos would become Latin metoecus and English metecous or the like. But because it was borrowed when Greek oi was pronounced as y (see Koine Greek phonology), it was transliterated into Latin as metycus. English metic replaces y with i, perhaps by analogy with the -ic suffix.[citation needed]"

Answer 2

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