594 BC—The leaders of
Athens, facing an economic crisis and popular discontent, appoint the poet–statesman
Solon (eponymous
archon) to institute
democratic reforms and revive the city's constitution, extending citizenship to males of many classes and establishing the
Ecclesia.
594 BC—The leaders of
Athens, facing an economic crisis and popular discontent, appoint the poet–statesman
Solon (eponymous
archon) to institute
democratic reforms and revive the city's constitution, extending citizenship to males of many classes and establishing the
Ecclesia.