Draco: The Man behind the Draconian Laws

~ 620 BC - The life and laws of the Man who gave rise to the draconian laws that we now associate with authoritarian regimes and unbreathable socio-political environments. This man is Draco, from Ancient Greece.

0:00 Draco's Life
2:14 Athens in the 7th Century BC
7:10 Draconian Laws
10:48 Draco: The Final Act

Sources:
- Life of Solon by Plutarch
- Drakon and early Athenian homicide law by Michael Gagarin
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sNSaOoQoJs&t=1215s
- https://web.archive.org/web/20130717105820/http://chars.lin.oakland.edu/lin109/Handouts/Greek/greeklaw.html
- https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn%3Acts%3AgreekLit%3Atlg0086.tlg003.perseus-eng1%3A3
- https://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/athenian_const.1.1.html
- https://brewminate.com/the-draconian-constitution-the-first-written-legal-code-in-ancient-athens/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVMdTJYg9_A

Author: Tiago Tecelão Martins