But these he sought to conciliate by promises that could not but flatter that very prejudice of liberty which naturally at first induced them to oppose his designs.

He pledged his faith to a constitution which should leave the power in the hands of the many.

He himself, as monarch, desired only the command in war, and in peace the guardianship of laws he was equally bound to obey.

Some were induced by his persuasions, others by the fear of his power, until at length he obtained his object.

By common consent he dissolved the towns'-corporations and councils in each separate town, and built in Athens one common prytaneum or council-hall, existent still in the time of Plutarch.