The Greeks: More Notes from the Movie Pt. 2

• The people of Athens began a revolution
• Isagoris was the leader that took over after Hippias 
• The people of Athens stood up against Isagoris 
• This revolution was in 508 B.C 
• During the end of the revolution, Isagoris was hiding at the top of the acropolis with Spartan soldiers 
• The Agora was the central meeting place when Cleisthenes came back to government to start democracy
• The idea of using the black rock and the white rock to vote on what you want began democracy
• In 490 B.C Pheidippides ran from Athens to Sparta to try to get help for the fight they are about to have against Persia
• Athenians had little hope in this battle against Persia
• But, the Greeks won
• This battle was the first victory a democracy had ever seen 
• Themistocles was an Athenian general