![]() ![]() Next they began to elect the Generals by tribes, one from each tribe, while the whole army was under the command of the War-lord.Įleven years afterwards came their victory in the battle of Marathon and in the archonship of Phaenippus, two years after the victory, the people being now in high courage, they put in force for the first time the law about ostracism, which had been enacted owing to the suspicion felt against the men in the positions of power because Peisistratus when leader of the people and general set himself up as tyrant. These reforms made the constitution much more democratic than that of Solon for it had come about that the tyranny had obliterated the laws of Solon by disuse, and Cleisthenes aiming at the multitude had instituted other new ones, including the enactment of the law about ostracism.įirst of all, in the fifth year 1 after these enactments, in the archonship of Hermocreon, they instituted the oath of induction for the Council of Five Hundred that is still in use. ![]()
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