Tarihin Areopagus

El Areopagus, wanda aka sani da ita "Tsaunin Ares" Wuri ne mai matukar mahimmanci ga tsoffin mazaunan Athens. Yana da kusan wani babban dutse dake yamma da Acropolis na Athens, sanya inda Shawara na wancan lokacin.

Wani dalilin da yasa wurin ya kasance da mahimmancin gaske a yau kuma saboda haka a halin yanzu, shine yanayin almararsa. An yi imani da cewa a wannan wurin an gwada shi kuma an kashe shi a allah Ares, ta hanyar shiga tsakani na Halhirothians, dan Poseidon, saboda an yi imani cewa ya yi fyade da 'yar Ares, da kuma cewa an yanke masa hukunci don ciyar da kwanakinsa a kan tsaunin. Har ila yau, almara ya ce a wurin da aka gwada shi Tsoho, saboda kisan mahaifiyarsa Clytemnestra.

A cikin asalinsa, da Majalisar Athens ya dogara ne kawai ga sarki, kuma ya kasance kawai kasancewar Eipatrids, wanda tasirin sa akan Shawara yana ƙaruwa yayin da ikon sarki yake raguwa.

Bayan lokaci, da Shawara ya yi wasici ya mallaki birnin kwata-kwata. Majistare waɗanda suka zo wannan matsayin, sun kasance marasa motsi har abada. Mahukuntan, a cikin mafi rinjayensu, suna wakiltar mafi mahimmancin yanki da masu arziki na mutanen Athens. Na dogon lokaci da Majalisar Areopagus Ya kasance mai kula da ayyana dokokin da ke kula da garin, tare da yanke hukunci ga wadanda suka aikata kowane irin laifi da ke da matukar muhimmanci.

A ƙarshe a 462 BC Efíaltes ya janye yawancin ikon da Majalisar ke da shiLokacin da aka janye kundin tsarin mulki daga hannunsu, duk da haka, sun ci gaba da aikinsu na kotu don yanke hukunci ga masu aikata laifi, kodayake kusan sun rasa mahimmancinsu na siyasa.