Erik's timeline

  • 500

    Solon

    Solon
    Solon introduced the legal concept that any citizen could bring charges against wrongdoers.
  • 500

    Cleisthenes

    Cleisthenes
  • Feb 5, 621

    Draco

    Draco
    Draco created a legal code that is based on the idea that all Athenians, rich and poor, were equal under the law. His code dealt very harshly with criminals and making death the punishment for crime.