We may remark, too, that this more equitable tone of opinion grew up spontaneously, without any legal restriction on the rate of interest--no such
Domestic Peace Restored
Never again do we hear of the law of debtor and creditor as disturbing Athenian tranquillity.Continuing Solon's Early Greek Legislation,our
Solon’s Law on Debts
We are told that after a short interval it became eminently acceptable in the general public mind, and procured for Solon a great increase of
Solon Acts Decisively for the Poor
It had happened in several Grecian states that the governing oligarchies, either by quarrels among their own members or by the general bad condition
Harshness of Greek Society
It is on the occasion of Solon's legislation that we obtain our first glimpse--unfortunately but a glimpse--of the actual state of Attica and its
Solon’s Early Greek Legislation
This series has eighteen easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Solon the Legislator.IntroductionThis begins a very lengthy series
Greek Commerce Ruined
The ruin of the Greek commerce and manufactures has been ascribed to the transference of the silk trade from Thebes and Corinth to Palermo, under the
Emperor Manuel’s Military Policy
Featuring an excerpt from A History of Greece from the Roman Conquest to the Present Time by George Finlay published in 1877.Previously in Roger
Persian Massacre of Samos
Previously in Herodotus147. Then Otanes the Persian commander, seeing that the Persians had suffered greatly, purposely forgot the commands which