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Aeniania (Greek: Αἰνιανία) or Ainis (Greek: Αἰνίς) was a small district to the south of Thessaly (which it was sometimes considered part of). [2] The regions of Aeniania and Oetaea were closely linked, both occupying the valley of the Spercheios river, with Aeniania occupying the lower ground to the north, and Oetaea the higher ground south of the river.
People with no land had to leave Athens and settle in colonies in the west (Sicily and Italy) and east . By the end of the 7th century and beginning of 6th century BC, land concentration occurred and most lands were held by the nobility.
In general the law in ancient Greece and Rome was more creditor-friendly and "harsh and unyielding" towards debtors. [14] Throughout antiquity the cancellation of debts, alongside land redistribution, was the main rallying cry of the poor. [15]
The parts of Thessaly that remained in imperial hands after the Slavic invasions—apparently the Aegean coast and the area around the Pagasetic Gulf—came under the theme of Hellas. This was established between 687 and 695, and comprised the eastern coasts of mainland Greece, and possibly the Peloponnese, as well as Euboea and a few other ...
This land, and many of the 500,000 inhabitants thereof, were divided among the 25,000 Spartiates. By the 3rd century BC, However, Sparta had been greatly weakened by wars of over 300 years. Fewer than 700 families of the genuine Spartan stock (i.e. full citizenship) remained.
Areopagus of Eastern Continental Greece (1821-1825) Polity of Crete; Military-Political System of Samos (1821-1834) Principality of Samos (1835–1912): incorporated into Greece. Cretan State (1898–1913): incorporated into Greece. Free State of Icaria (1912): short-lived independent state, incorporated into Greece.
The first attempted land reforms in the Roman Republic occurred in 486 BC under the consulship of Spurius Cassius Vecellinus, and Proculus Verginius Tricostus Rutilus. After winning a war against the Hernici to the south, the consul Cassius attempted to pass a bill granting two-thirds of the Hernicians' land to the plebs , and Latin allies ...
Lycurgus (/ l aɪ ˈ k ɜːr ɡ ə s /; Ancient Greek: Λυκοῦργος Lykourgos) was the legendary lawgiver of Sparta, credited with the formation of its eunomia (' good order '), [1] involving political, economic, and social reforms to produce a military-oriented Spartan society in accordance with the Delphic oracle.