HISTORY 36B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Isagoras, Trittys, Alcmaeonidae
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Platform of revoking citizenship of those families that received it under. But ultimately driven out of athens because he was an alcmaeonid, the family curse from the murder of cylon and his followers. Had the spartans under cleomenes expel seven hundred families. Cleomenes wanted to set up an oligarchy. Athenians en masse rose up and ousted isagoras and cleomenes. Expecting a spartan invasion, athenians agreed to be subjects of the persian empire. Invasion never occurred, and athenians ignored their promise to persia. On going rivalries among wealthy families was a danger to the polis. The old four phylai would remain for ceremonial purposes only. Divided attica into areas: the city, the shore, the inland. Subdivided each area inty trittyes or thirds (thirtieths) composed of an existing number of demes (villages) Established 10 new tribes, one tribe would be made up of one trittyes from each area (3 total) Tried to make athenians identify themselves by deme rather than patronymic.
