Draco

Today in western civ we talked about laws in Ancient Greece. The laws we started talking about were Draco's. Draco's laws included death as punishment for many crimes, debt slavery was ok, and all citizens were equal under the law. Then Solon came in and made some reforms. These reforms include outlawing debt slavery, all Athenian citizens can speak at assemblies, and anyone can press charges against wrongdoers. Hippias (lol) came in and ruled with an iron fist (not Marvel superhero) from 527-510 BCE. His brother was murdered and he had harsh rule since then. He didn't just kill the murderers, but also their families. He was then ostracized from Athens. For revenge, he teamed up with Persian king, Darius I, and helped invade Marathon. After Hippias, two people struggled for leadership. These were Isagoras and Cleisthenes. Isagoras had support from Sparta and fellow aristocrats but Cleisthenes had support from the majority of Athens. Isagoras won and ostracized Cleisthenes, but for the first time in history people revolted against their leader They trapped Isagoras on the acropolis for two days and on the third day he fled, and was banished. This happened in 508 BCE (THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!)

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