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Cleisthenes' Reforms - Coggle Diagram
Cleisthenes' Reforms
What were they?
Reorganisation of tribes
before this, Athens had been divided into four tribes that had been dominated by aristocratic families
aristocratic families were also members of phratries, membership of which was necessary to become a citizen
Cleisthenes decided to divide Attica into 3 regions: coast, city and inland, and each region was then further divided into ten sections each, called a trittys
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he also created new tribes, by taking one trittys from each region to form each tribe.
the new tribes could not be dominated by one or two aristocratic families, instead they comprised citizens from all walks of life and all geographical areas in Attica.
Cleisthenes decided to keep the phratries, but he stripped them of any function beyond socialising
Demes
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if a citizen moved from one deme to another, he still referred to himself by the name of the deme in which he initially registered
citizens now referred to themselves by deme rather than the name of their father reducing the importance of familial connections
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Political Reforms
Cleisthenes expanded the council created by Solon from 400 to 500 members, and each of the new ten tribes had to provided 50 citizens for the boule
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Aftermath
Even after the reforms of CLeisthenes, Athens remained a society where the wealthy held much power, largely through the Council of the Areopagus.
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liturgies
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this would either be a trierarchy, in which you would pay for a trireme, or a liturgy in connection with a public festival, like funding a chorus
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