Ancient Greek Movie 3
- Hippias's brother was killed
- He got mad and started killing people and taking away their rights for no reason
- Thought everyone was trying to seize his power( he was paranoid)
- Clisthenes 510 B.C too over after he fought Hippias and won.
- he was now one of the most powerful leaders in Athens
- As soon as he gained power other people were conspiring against him
- Hisagerios was another Athenian aristocrat
- Was brought up to believe he was born to have power
- Wants to take over Athens and wants Sparta to help him
- Going to rule on top of the acropolis
- An aristocrat could now race against a potter or other men
- Largest gathering of Greeks in peace
- 40,000 Greeks would gather
- Clisthenes agonized in exile
- They attacked the acropolis and the regular people rose up against their leader and overthrew him
- Athens is now in control
- The ordinary people with out leadership
- What happens now?
- They ask Clisthenes to be the leader
- The citizens of Athens could now discuss the future of Athens
- The Agora
- Where they met and had meetings and discuss issues and explain what they wanted to do next
- System of government that we now know as democracy
- Talk about raising taxes or building roads
- These Athenians would face many troubles against invasion, war, and conflict
- 480 BC Pheidippedes
- He was a citizen of Athens
- Most astonishing athletic accomplishment
- Runs , not for glory but for freedom
- His hometown was about to be conquered by Persian empire
- Athens was gaining power so the Persians would have to destroy them
- Struggle between freedom and slavery
- Athenians fought with sticks stones and arrows
- Hoplites were soldiers that the Athenians that had their own armor and were prepared to fight
- They gathered 10,000 hoplites
- Athenians were outnumber 2-1
- Athenians hurt 6,000 Persians
- Greeks won their first battle as a democracy
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