jan 1, 620 BC - On the back of Cylon's failed attempt to become a tyrannical leader of Athens, the Athenian aristocracy drew up and published a set of laws
Description:
- only known law-codes were provisions regarded homicideA mere 20 years later - Solon took over as a singular ruler, and yet he did not play the tyrant role - instead he became a law-giver and created reforms etc. (bottom p.62 of the History of AG)
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Date:
jan 1, 620 BC
Now
~ 2647 years ago