Ancient Greece - Athens ?

Question

What were some major events that happened in ANcient Greece ; in ANTHENS ? .. like were there any contoroveries . or someone important getting murdered there ?

Answer 1

594 B.C. Solon became archon and wrote laws for Athens.
Archons replaced kings as rulers in Athens, but there were 9 of them and their time in office was more limited than that of a king.

The new system laid the foundations for what eventually became Athenian democracy, but in the short term it failed to quell class conflict, and after 20 years of unrest the popular party led by Peisistratus, a cousin of Solon, seized power (541). Peisistratus is usually called a tyrant, but the Greek word tyrannos does not mean a cruel and despotic ruler, merely one who took power by force. Peisistratus was in fact a very popular ruler, who made Athens wealthy, powerful, and a centre of culture, and founded the Athenian naval supremacy in the Aegean Sea and beyond. He preserved the Solonian constitution, but made sure that he and his family held all the offices of state.


In 500 BC Athens sent troops to aid the Ionian Greeks of Asia Minor, who were rebelling against the Persian Empire (see Ionian Revolt). This provoked two Persian invasions of Greece, both of which were defeated under the leadership of the Athenian soldier-statesmen Miltiades and Themistocles (see Persian Wars). In 490 the Athenians defeated the first invasion at the Battle of Marathon. In 480 the Persians returned, and found an abandoned athens which they burned,finally the Greeks defeated the Persians at sea in the Battle of Salamis.

The Peloponnesian War in 431, which pitted Athens and her increasingly rebellious sea empire against a coalition of land-based states led by Sparta. The conflict marked the end of Athenian command of the sea.

Athenian coup of 411 BC

Corinthian War

Finally, in 1458, Athens fell to the Ottoman Empire. The city's population declined and by the 17th century it was a mere village.

Answer 2

Specifically in Athens? Where to begin... the subject is immense.
Athens was always a major originator of artisitc fashion, even in the Bronze Age. It's the birth-place of Democracy, although it was often ruled by a tyrant. It was sacked during the Second Persian War, after which the Parthenon we know today was built under the eye of the great sculptural master Phidias. It was the defacto capital of the Greek world after the war and economically controled most of the Aegean, which sparked the Pelloponesian war between Athens and Sparta. During that war, which it lost, it was struck by a devastating plague. It never regained its political dominance over Greece, but continued to be a center of art, including sculpture and philosophy. There were far too many controversies/murders to list. Trying to describe Athens' role in ancient Greece would be like trying to explain New York's contributions to the US.

Answer 3

The history of Ancient Athens is wroth with major event that some of the previous answerers have pointed out. Pericles and his consort Aspasia are interesting to read about, as is the rather dubious character of Alcibiades and Themistocles. Below are several links that you should find helpful. As far as someone being murdered like Caesar, hmmmm....... don't know. Happy hunting.

Answer 4

ANTHENS (as you spell it) is the place where the archetypal national Anthem was composed and murdered at the same time by some nationalistic party!!!

No controversies, all happiness!! Ever hear of Sokrates??

Answer 5

The Peloponesean wars and the earlier battle of Marathon against the Persians i suppose. Are you thinking of Julius Caesar's murder in Rome?