more reforms (around 500 BCE): allowed all citizens to submit laws for debate at the assembly created the Council of Five Hundred (members chosen at random, to counsel the assembly) but… only free adult male property owners born in Athens were considered citizens sorry, women, slaves, “foreigners” Hippias was a tyrant who ruled from 527 to 510 BCE his brother was murdered, and his rule became harsh eventually he was expelled from Athens (this is called being ostracized ) in revenge, he began working with the Persian king Darius I , helping them invade Marathon with Hippias gone, Isagoras and Cleisthenes (both were aristocrats) engaged in a power struggle Isagoras had support from some fellow aristocrats, plus from Sparta Cleisthenes had support of the majority of Athenians Isagoras becomes archon eponymous (tyrant) He ostracizes Cleisthenes Cleisthenes’ supporters - and the ordinary Athenian citizens! - revolt against Isagoras’ t...
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