Sometime after 800 BC the unification of Athens and the large territory of Attika begins. Up to this time Attika was always in separate communities. Each of them had their own town halls and officials. They each made their own decisions about their own communities. Then, according to myth, a man named Theseus became king and he reorganized the whole country. One by one he ended the single councils and town halls. The process gave birth to a relatively large political unit. Its size was comparable only to Lakonia controlled by Sparta.