Debt-Slavery to Democracy: The Reforms of Solon

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  • čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
  • Solon is the most legendary lawgiver of ancient Athens, and the wisdom of his reforms would earn him a spot as one of the Seven Sages of Greece. He famously ended the inhumane practice of debt-slavery, and liberated those who had lost their freedom, along with cancelling debts and restoring lost property. But the most vivid portrait of his wisdom comes from Herodotus, and the story he tells of a legendary meeting between Solon and the richest man in antiquity: Croesus, the king of Lydia.
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    00:00 Introduction
    02:22 Inequality in Athens
    05:08 Solon's Reforms
    09:58 Solon & Croesus (What makes a man fortunate?)
    17:44 Solon returns to Athens
    19:16 Outro

Komentáře • 12

  • @mrwetcloth4571
    @mrwetcloth4571 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Thank you brother 🙏

  • @georgekokkos5347
    @georgekokkos5347 Před rokem +3

    Another great video! Greetings from Athens.

  • @dionysianapollomarx
    @dionysianapollomarx Před rokem +5

    Now I gotta read more writings by and about Solon.

    • @NOTHINGNEWYT
      @NOTHINGNEWYT  Před rokem +2

      I recommend Plutarch's Life of Solon, and his work the parallel lives in general. It's great stuff!
      penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Solon*.html

    • @dionysianapollomarx
      @dionysianapollomarx Před rokem +1

      @@NOTHINGNEWYT thanks for the recommendation, will read this

  • @noiz5578
    @noiz5578 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Fantastic video!

  • @SpiciestBee
    @SpiciestBee Před 2 měsíci +1

    I really like your channel 😊

  • @andychap6283
    @andychap6283 Před rokem +2

    More great stuff, looking forward to more videos

  • @rubysolon1785
    @rubysolon1785 Před rokem +1

    I gotta read this when I was in high School but now the information that I got know me deep more about my last name.

  • @ReneWang-lm6uk
    @ReneWang-lm6uk Před 24 dny

    Thx for sharing.
    The humannity owes too much to ancient Greece and Solon.
    200 years after his reforms in Athens, the kingdom of Qin in ancient China made reforms(商鞅变法).
    But instead of making it democratic and granting more freedoms to its people, the reforms put more straitjackets on the people.
    The people's sole purpose was working the land and fighting in wars!
    And the rules were very specific, if you broke a rule, the punishment was brutal. And the families and neighbors would be punished as well.
    Western democracy vs eastern autocracy!