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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 227, Cleomenes murdered five of the six Ephors (high magistrates) and resumed what Agis could not do – redistribution of land among all Spartiates capable of army service. He first handed over all his own land to the state; he was soon followed by his stepfather and his friends and the rest of the citizens.
The economy of ancient Greece was defined largely by the region's dependence on imported goods. As a result of the poor quality of Greece 's soil , agricultural trade was of particular importance. The impact of limited crop production was somewhat offset by Greece's paramount location, as its position in the Mediterranean gave its provinces ...
Greece entered its period of new-won independence in a somewhat different state than Serbia, which shared many of the post-independence economic problems such as land and land reform. In 1833, the Greeks took control of a countryside devastated by war, depopulated in places and hampered by primitive agriculture and marginal soils.
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]
Citizens were also divided based on their land production: pentacosiomedimnoi, hippeis, zeugitae, and thetes. [2] The lower assembly was given the right to hear appeals, and Solon also created the higher assembly. Both of these were meant to decrease the power of the Areopagus, the aristocratic council. Despite the division between classes and ...
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.
Pisistratus (also spelled Peisistratus or Peisistratos; Ancient Greek: Πεισίστρατος Peisistratos; c. 600 BC – 527 BC) was a politician in ancient Athens, ruling as tyrant in the late 560s, the early 550s and from 546 BC until his death.