Solon's debate participant before the reform;
The "Plain School" advocates the maintenance of aristocratic oligarchs to consolidate their immediate interests. ?
The "Mountain School" advocates radical democratic politics and radical social changes. ?
The "coastal faction" pays attention to developing overseas trade and plundering foreign slaves and property; On the one hand, they want to break the political patent of the "Plain School" and share their rights; On the other hand, it also disapproves of the radical demands of the "Shanpai" and advocates moderate reform. ?
3. The core of the argument is:
Whether to retain aristocratic politics has become the core of the debate.
4. Measures to reflect Solon's political thought:
(1) Execute the "Debt Relief Order" and cancel the debt.
(2) Abolish the monopoly of hereditary nobles, and no longer divide citizens by birth and property.
(3) Reform the political system. Restore and improve the power of the almost dysfunctional citizens' assembly. At the same time, a 400-member meeting and a citizens' jury court were set up outside the aristocratic meeting, allowing every citizen to appeal to the citizens' assembly and the people's court on issues of vital interests.
(4) Formulating a new code to replace the old harsh code, at the same time encouraging citizens to engage in handicrafts and commerce, prohibiting the export of grain, reforming weights and measures, casting new Athenian coins, formulating some laws and regulations on property inheritance, prohibiting reburial, and taking care of the relatives of citizens who died for the country.
5. Impact of the reform:?
Solon reform is one of the most important social and political reforms in the history of Athens city-state and even ancient Greece. It paved the way for the revival and prosperity of Athens city-state and laid the foundation of its democratic politics. Solon's reform laid the foundation of Athenian democracy and even western democracy.