Greek Gov Timeline

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  • Period: 100 to Feb 4, 700

    Greek Gov TImeline

  • 450

    Pericles

    Pericles
    Pericles was a prominent and influential Greek statesman, orator, and general of Athens during the city's Golden Age—specifically, the time between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars. He was descended, through his mother, from the powerful and historically influential Alcmaeonid family.(Wikipedia)
  • 450

    Achievements

    He created the Acropolis and he led his city through many wars and tough times.
  • 525

    Solon

    Solon
    Solon was an Athenian statesman, lawmaker, and poet. He is remembered particularly for his efforts to legislate against political, economic, and moral decline in archaic Athens. His reforms failed in the short term, yet he is often credited with having laid the foundations for Athenian democracy.(Wikipedia)
  • Feb 5, 621

    Draco

    Draco
    Draco was the first legislator of Athens in Ancient Greece. He replaced the prevailing system of oral law and blood feud by a written code to be enforced only by a court. Known for its harshness, draconian has come to refer to similarly unforgiving rules or laws.(Wikipedia)

  • Cleisthenes

    Cleisthenes
    Cleisthenes was a noble Athenian of the Alcmaeonid family. He is credited with reforming the constitution of ancient Athens and setting it on a democratic footing in 508/7 BC.[1] For these accomplishments, historians refer to him as "the father of Athenian democracy."(Wikipedia)