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When did Cleisthenes become ruler of Athens?

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Cleisthenes fl. 510 BC, Athenian statesman. He was the head of his family, the Alcmaeonidae , after the exile of Hippias, and with Spartan help had made himself undisputed ruler of Athens by 506 BC ...

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