Why was ostracism practiced in ancient Athens? Plz help me out ;-;

to remove people who were too powerful

Explanation:

it was a method of removing someone from the state by vote and without trial

they remained in rural areas and worked at jobs such as lumbering or farming.

frederick william of brandenburg-prussia trained his son, frederick, to be a hardy soldier. but frederick disliked rifle shooting and horseback riding. unlike his father, he was interested in french literature. he enjoyed poetry and music and, like some others of the enlightenment, he scoffed at religion. his father thought him soft, frivolous and unmindful of his duties. and when frederick refused to put his signature on a right to succession, for a few moments his father strangled him.