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To What Extent Do You Think Solon’s Reforms Angered The Wealthy Nobles Or The Po
To what extent do you think Solon’s reforms angered the wealthy nobles or the poor? Give reasons for your views Solon’s reforms angered many wealthy nobles in that he had, through seisachtheia, struck a financial blow on them by cancelling debts and forcing them to give up those who had been enslaved to them by debt. Solon’s possible introducion of the Boule, the council of 400, 100 from each Ionic tribe, took away the aristocrats’ power to judge local disputes – this undermined the aristocrats power and was disliked by many nobles. The legal reforms – the right of appeal to the dikasterion and third-party address meant that anyone could appeal against a decision made by an archon or against the wrongdoings of archons which also displeased the aristocracy because it weakened the stranglehold which it had on the poor people since usually it was aristocrats with their tendency to further their own class who made up the Areopagus. In changing the classes so that the new system was timocratic and your class was based on wealth and how much grain you could produce on your land (Solon did not restore the nobles to theeir traditional position so they were angered. Solon’s reforms angered many poor people because he had not fully redistributed the wealth and property as they expected him to so they were frustrated at what they saw. The fact that the new class system did not allow them much chance to climb up the social ladder - it was virtuallyimpossible – meant that many of the poor were angered. Moreover, since the franchise was still class-based the poor did not have a chance to voice their opinions and put into power people who represented them and their wishes. Solon’s reforms did not provide for the poor people’s financial situation in the future – they ended up being wholly depedent upon their creditors once again since they, even if they could not be enslaved by debt and had their own land to work on and take all the produ... Please login to view comments from other users.
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