Jacob F.Field

Alexander then burned Parsa as punishment for the destruction the Achaemenids had meted out when they had invaded Greece 150 years earlier.

In 594 BC, to prevent tensions between rich and poor escalating into civil war, Athens adopted a democratic constitution that gave all free men a say in government (although the system gave more powers to wealthier citizens).

Athens was defeated two years later, leaving Sparta as the dominant force in Greece.