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The tholos was a round building with a conical roof, located near the agora. It was where the met to issues and decide on whether to put forward new
. Only men were allowed to go inside.
After the Council had decided what new laws to
put forward, they debated them at a much bigger meeting called the . This was where all the men who lived in the city came to speak, debate and vote. It took a very long time, with more than 6,000 people at each meeting.
Inside the tholos there was a big meeting space, a kitchen, a dining room, a
to the goddess Hestia, who looked after a sacred fire, and even an area for sleeping!
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• Digby the cat
• Two people having an argument
• An old man taking a nap
• A mouse sneaking into the tholos
• Tom
• A dog hiding behind someone's legs • Someone being chased by a goose