CLST 200 Lecture 11: CLST 200 Lecture 11
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The growth of athens & the persian war. 3 areas of attica, not unified like athens neighbours (plains) but despite this all citizens were equal regardless of district. The population of athens rose sharply in the 8th century, and synoecism brought. Attica, roughly 1000 square miles, under athens" control by the middle of that century. controlled its military and judicial affairs. Bc) and the draconian laws of draco (c. 620 bc). Athens" earliest governments were aristocratic, and a small set of families. Clans continued to dominate athenian life despite the failed coup of cylon (c. 632. Synoikism: land starts to become important for citizenship (like hoplite troops). D 10. 32 for the synoikism of villages into a polis. 700 bc there was a cessation of burials in the agora and the marking out of a. Around 675 bc athens conquers eleusis civic centre. No early tyranny but there were signs of strain.