jan 1, 683 BC - Rule of Archons gets reformed

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The office was reduced to a one-year term, and the number of archons was expanded to nine, marking the start of systematic annual civic magistracy

3 Principal Archons + 6 Thesmothethai

Archon Eponymos:
- Chief magistrate and highest political office holder
- Presided of Boule (Counsil) and Ecclesia (Assembly)
- Current Year was named after him

Archon basileus:
- 'King Ruler', responsible for religion, spiritual ceremonies as well as supervising major trials in court

Polemarch:
- Commander in chief of the armed forces
- Was largely replaced by 10 elected generals in 501 BC

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