CLST 332 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Tyrant, Hefty Fine, Croesus
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Read 1. 1 92 (discussed in class), 5. 28 6. 32 (description of ionian revolt) Take advantage of helpful material in the back p. 604 621. You can bring the book with you if you want. Use them to look at laws and constitutions during the times it was written so pre 7th c. No evidence of formal laws or constitutions. Basileus oversees judicial proceedings in central location. November 1, 2017: the perso(cid:374) does(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e the po(cid:449)er, the offi(cid:272)e does so, (cid:449)ho(cid:373)e(cid:448)er holds the office gets to have the power for the time they are in office. These points listed above are also true for the 6th c. No regulation of behaviour, but regulation of who can regulate behaviour: purpose not to restrict the elite, but to restrict the distribution of power within the elite, example. Only have late 5th c. re-enactments of this law are in existence but we know this came before based on these restatements.