The ancient world was a difficult place to live, and without aid services, anyone unable or unwilling to adapt and provide for themselves their families would not survive long.
This was specifically the case of strangers, of newcomers in a new city. The flight of refugees to another area in the Classical Period appears to have been an organized event, with a coherent plan for departure from their home on the part of the refugees and prior agreement of acceptance on the part of the receiving city.
A new full, revised version as an additional analysis for the study of ancient history and marginalization.
