ID: 570–508-ATH
Historical persona
Cleisthenes
570 BCE — 508 BCE
- Civilization
- Ancient Greece
- Occupation
- Statesman · Reformer
- Base
- Athens
- Notable works
- Reorganisation of the Attic tribes, Council of Five Hundred
Biography
Redrew Athenian civic identity around ten artificial tribes, breaking aristocratic clan power and creating the institutional base of the democracy.
Works
- Reorganisation of the Attic tribes
- Council of Five Hundred
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Places
Athens
The Attic city whose reforms of 508 BCE gave the world the word democracy.
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