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570 BCE: Athenian statesman Cleisthenes is born.
525 BCE: Cleisthenes is made archon at Athens.
508 BCE: According to Aristotle, the institution of ostracism is introduced in Athens under Cleisthenes.
508 BCE: Reforms by Cleisthenes establishes democracy in Athens.
462 BCE - 458 BCE: Pericles introduces democratic institutions in Athens.