Solon
noun
c638–c558 b.c., Athenian statesman.
Solonian
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a word derived from
Solon.
Example Sentences
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It is much to be regretted that we have no information respecting events in Attica immediately after the Solonian laws and constitution, which were promulgated in B.C.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 by John Rudd
By the Solonian constitution, the whole political power was vested in the hands of the nobles; and Clisthenes soon found that it was hopeless to contend against his rival under the existing order of things.
From A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest by Sir William Smith
But the Solonian constitution, though only the foundation, was yet the indispensable foundation, of the subsequent democracy.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 by John Rudd
But against this must be set the statement by the same authority that this double method was part of the Solonian reform.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
The Solonian laws seem to have borne more or less upon all the great departments of human interest and duty.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 by John Rudd
