Steve Yuasa Timeline

  • 500

    Cleisthenes

    Cleisthenes
    He reorganized the four groups, into ten groups based on location. He also increased the power of the assembly. He created the council of fivehundred.
  • Feb 4, 621

    Draco

    Draco
    Draco took power in 621 B.C. He established a law code that all Athenians were equal under law.
  • Solon

    Solon
    Solon outlawed debt slavery. Solon organized people into four groips based on their wealth. All citizens could participate in th assembly.
  • Pericles

    Pericles
    He made the Athenian navy the strongest in the mediterannian. Pericles started the construction of the Parthenon.