 Democracy was first established after a disastrous defeat by the Spartans at the Battle of Sepeia in 494.So many Argives were killed in the battle that a revolution ensued, in which previously disenfranchised outsiders were included in the state for the first time.Argive democracy included an Assembly (called the "aliaia"), a Council (the "bola"), and another body called 'The Eighty,' whose precise responsibilities are obscure.