1. power-hungry militants who grabbed absolute control by force assembly 2. set the rules and maintained authority within the city-state tyrants 3. first name given to the Greek democracy nobles 4. lo

1. power-hungry militants who grabbed absolute control by force assembly 2. set the rules and maintained authority within the city-state tyrants 3. first name given to the Greek democracy nobles 4. lofty, financially well-to-do citizens who carried much power within the community Solon 5. In 594 B.C. he was chosen as an Athenian statesman with reformation powers "direct democracy"