Marble, Roman copy after a Greek original from ca. 430 BCE. The Athenian democracy of Cleisthenes<span>and </span>Pericles<span> was based on freedom, through the reforms of Solon, and equality (isonomia), introduced by </span>Cleisthenes<span> and later expanded by Ephialtes and</span>Pericles<span>.</span>
