Cleisthenes Reforms
New Tribal System
Sortition
Boule
Ostracism
Strategoi
500 People
50 from each tribe
Voted on what would be discussed in the ekklesia
In charge of the army
Not picked by sortition as experience was needed
10 Strategoi, one from each tribe
Picked by lot
First ostracism in 488/7
Exiled for 10 years
Voted on ostraka
Gave power to the people, meant to prevent Tyrants
Needed 6000 votes for an ostracism
Aim
3 Regions
10 Tribes
Local heroes for the each tribe
Deme System
Prevent an uprising, as tribes were split into different regions making it harder to orchestrate
Break the hold of aristocratic families
City
Inlands
Coast
Divided into 30 smaller divisions called Trittyes
Appointed by the Delphic Oracle
Allowed for tribes to identify with one another
Had to keep a record of all citizens
139 Demes
Encouraged people to identify by their deme rather than their father's name
Registration
Local Council and Assembly
Allowed lower classes to gain government experience which would allow them to participate in the Assembly or Boule
Had to register in their father's deme
Had to take a citizenship test
18 (male)