12 Interesting Facts About Athens

In 400s BCE, Athens would herd citizens into a town hall assembly with red-stained ropes to get them to participate in the local Democracy. There was a fine if they got any red dye on their clothes.

The mayors of Athens and Sparta signed a peace treaty in 1996, 2500 years after the Peloponnesian War ended. The war lasted 27 years (431-404 BC) and the treaty is to make up for the lack of documentation from the time.