Kleisthenes – an Athenian born into an aristocratic family, mid 6th century



Yüklə 507 b.
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Kleisthenes – an Athenian born into an aristocratic family, mid 6th century

  • Kleisthenes – an Athenian born into an aristocratic family, mid 6th century

  • 6th Century Athens – a small and relatively insignificant town built round the acropolis

  • Mud-brick houses, no sewerage, life-expectancy < 50

  • Dominated by aristocrats. Ordinary people had no part or share in power



Terrain unlike that of the flat river-based empires of Egypt and Persia

  • Terrain unlike that of the flat river-based empires of Egypt and Persia

  • Independent city-states

  • Sparta was the polis most likely to dominate Greece

  • Sparta – austere and militaristic

  • Sparta dominated southern Peloponnesus, ruled over helots





– Becomes a cruel despot after his brother, Hipparchus, is murdered in 514 BCE - Athenian opponents successfully enlisted Sparta’s help. Spartan forces ultimately triumphed in 510 BCE. Hippias exiled.

  • – Becomes a cruel despot after his brother, Hipparchus, is murdered in 514 BCE - Athenian opponents successfully enlisted Sparta’s help. Spartan forces ultimately triumphed in 510 BCE. Hippias exiled.



- Isagoras (with support of Spartan King Cleomenes) takes control but he antagonises people by, amongst other things, dissolving the council – Cleisthenes and his clan (the Alcmaeonid family) overthrow Isagoras

  • - Isagoras (with support of Spartan King Cleomenes) takes control but he antagonises people by, amongst other things, dissolving the council – Cleisthenes and his clan (the Alcmaeonid family) overthrow Isagoras



Cleisthenes’ reforms the Athenian political system

  • Cleisthenes’ reforms the Athenian political system

  • Created tribes that reduced the influence of geographic and family loyalties

  • Introduced sortition

  • (May have) introduced ostracism



Yüklə 507 b.

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