HIST 10800 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Battle Of Thermopylae, Greco-Persian Wars, Phalanx
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Cleisthenes was another leading reformer who contributed to the birth of democracy in athens. He began to convince athenians to approve his reforms in 508 b. c. e. These included increasing the power of the athenian assembly and creating the council of. Five hundred to propose laws and advise the assembly. Five would be chosen by lot and every citizen had an equal chance of serving. Herodotus herodotus was a greek scholor who tried to write down the story of the. Persian wars in his history of the persian wars. Since his investigated the past to find the truth and then reported it,, herodotus is known as the first true historian. Marathon marathon was a plain in greece northeast of athens which was invaded by a persian fleet of 25,000 men in 490 b. c. e. 10,000 athenians waited there in phalanx formation to fight off the persians, and were victorious with 6,400 persian deaths and only 192 athenian deaths.