Themistocles was a brilliant mind! Without him the Greeks would never win the Salamis battle against the Persian. But he had a "fault". He became very famous for this! Unfortunately this was his misfortune cause some though he could get more power than should. They voted him out . Ancient greek democracy had its rules. And nobody was above the rules. He finished working for the Persian king who hired him and gave him a piece of bread to eat. Life is strange. Sometimes. Thank you for this great video!
"laws were passed" - Not, not in the Agora. The Council could prepare legislation here, but nothing became law until voted on by the Assembly, which met up on the Pnyx, not here.
24:28 - The steps up to the Hephaistion are many and slippery, and there's no handrail. There's an alternative way to reach the Hephaistion, with NO STEPS. Approach it from the left instead of from the front, and there is a gently sloping path.
Sadly, this video leaves out the Athenian state prison (in the southwest corner of the Agora) -- the *actual* site of Socrates' last days and execution, not the cave on Philopappou hill named "Prison of Socrates," which is no such thing.
