1 juill. 594 av. J.-C. - *Solon Appointed Sole Archon Brings Laws to Athens

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The crisis in its most acute form takes the shape of Athenians who have been enslaved. Some of them have not only been enslaved and live in Attica as slaves, but some of them have been sold abroad, and Solon tells us that some of them have been abroad so long they have forgotten the Athenian language (Yale 134)
These are Athenian citizens who used to be free and have become slaves, and the answer to how they became slaves is through debt.

Solon Reforms
Abolished all debts that were based on the body of the person. Any debt that was so incurred was abolished, cancelled

On the other hand, there was no general cancellation of debts. In other words, any normal debt that didn't have that characteristic continued

Did not permit redistribution of the land
Changed the coin standard for Athens.
He encouraged the use of the land for the purpose of producing cash crops like olive oil and wine.

Solon offered citizenship to individuals who came to Athens to settle and could show that they had a valuable skill, a valuable craft and the results were that Athens would become in the decades following Solon, a great center for the manufacturing of a variety of things; pottery, sculpture, architecture.

Prior to Solon, Aristocrats alone could sit on the council- soley based on birth. Now that was swept away by Solon's new system. He changed it so that the determination of who was eligible to serve in these councils and offices was based on the wealth that they had.

He established a council of four hundred that hoplites could serve on

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