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So, that was one of the consequences,
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although it didn't happen
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as any direct action by Solon.
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We are also told by Aristotle
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and other ancient sources
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that Solon changed the coin standard for Athens
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from one that was used in the west in the Peloponnesus
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and in the west, to one that was used in the east.
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He changed the weight from the Pheidonian measures, pheidonian coin standard,
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to the Euboic standard,
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which people try to understand why and how that would work.
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It would have made trade with Aegean and the east better,