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Early Athenian Lawgivers
$By 800BCE – Athens replaced the king with the land owning aristrocracy
$Draco (Code of Laws)
§“draconian” (unusually severe or cruel)
$Solon
§Abolished debt slavery
§Limited the amount of land one could own.
§Allowed assembly of citizens – power.