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Under the Solonian constitution, this force was merely secondary and defensive, but after the renovation of Clisthenes it became paramount and sovereign.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 by Rudd, John

To counteract, perhaps, the growing Lydian influence, Athens, the mother-city of Ephesus, despatched one of her noblest citizens, Aristarchus, to restore law on the basis of the Solonian constitution.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various

We have, therefore, the greater interest in noting the first mention of it as a consequence of the Solonian legislation.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 by Rudd, John

Such was the principle of the Solonian laws of succession, though the particulars are in several ways obscure and doubtful.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 by Rudd, John

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 Rudd, John