This polity was menaced by a group of Scandinavian tribes migrating to the Black Sea called the Heruli in 267 CE.
This polity was menaced by a group of Scandinavian tribes migrating to the Black Sea called the Heruli in 267 CE. At its height, all offices for this polity except strategoi, or generals, were chosen by lot. It was ruled for a time by thirty tyrants led by Lysander, and this polity built structures linking it to Piraeus and Phalerum known as the Long Walls. This polity famously practiced a procedure where citizens could vote to expel a person for 10 years, known as ostracism. Most famously ruled by Pericles, for 10 points, name this Attic Greek city-state, which led the Delian League and fought in the Peloponnesian War against Sparta.
This polity was menaced by a group of Scandinavian tribes migrating to the Black Sea called the Heruli in 267 CE.
Athens