Athens and Sparta were the two great powers of the ancient Greek world. They arose from the same culture and shared many of the same institutions and beliefs. However‚ there were vast differences in the political structures of these two city-states. Athens would become the first democracy that humans would create‚ while Sparta would sacrifice stature and power to maintain the restrictive government and institutional forms needed to prop up their warrior culture. Athenian citizens were counted as
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On the home front spartan kings had far less power the real power was in the Gerousia that was an elder council made up of males over 60 years of age. The rules that governed the selection of public office holders in Sparta were rigid. To be one of the kings you had to come from the bloodline of kings. To be an Ephor you had to be elected and could only serve one year in office. To be a member of the Gerousia you had to be age 60 and you coud apply but there could only be thirty members at a
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2 In ancient Greece there were two superpowers‚ Athens and Sparta. They coexisted in Greece with their own span of power in Greece along with many allies. These superpowers were both very well known for their power and also their utter differences. They‚ of course‚ had tensions between them due to differences in their ways of life‚ especially their governments‚ and the rivaling each other because they were both the best in their own ways among all other Greek poleis. Tensions continued to build up
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The social and political system of Sparta was framed around physical superiority‚ duty to the state and conquest in war. The excepted concept of Eunomia further enforced this patriotism by placing the needs of the state above individual interest. While the Spartans lived within a rigid social structure based on a three-tiered hierarchy‚ they also participated in a cradle to grave obedience to the law. It was the determination of public officials who decided if a child was strong enough to survive
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In Ancient Greece‚ the two most essential cities were Sparta and Athens. The two cities had a diversity of cultures‚ lifestyle‚ and values‚ even though they lived in the same region. Sparta was established around 900 BCE. It is located in the Eurotoas valley of Laconia‚ southeast of Peloponnese (Sparta‚ Ancient History Encyclopedia). Ancient Sparta has a population of about 100‚000 citizens. Spartans dedicate approximately all their time to military training‚ hunting‚ war tactics‚ and even war policies
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new state that emerged at this point was due to the lawgiver Lycurgus who had sought the help of the Delphic oracle. He was instructed to “establish a sanctuary to Zeus and Athena; divide the people into tribes and obai; appoint the two kings and a Gerousia of 28 men. Although there are some issues on the reliability of sources on Lycurgus‚ conflicting accounts had been given to most aspects of the life of Lycurgus particularly those relating to his initiatives as a lawmaker. The changes or reforms
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political system‚ the Spartan oligarchy had a system of checks and balances. Although it was not as intricate as the system in place in the United States it served much of the same purpose. There would be a group of thirty called “the elders” or gerousia‚ made up of 28 men over sixty years old as well as two kings‚ who would be responsible for creating policy that would then be sent to an assembly of all free adult males. (Spartan Oligarchy) Although they were supposed to amend the proposals made
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WILLIAM BARRON – YEAR 12 – ANCIENT HISTORY GREECE: SPARTAN SOCIETY TO THE BATTLE OF LEUCTRA 371 BC (25 MARKS) NOTES; (A) What was the ephorate? Members of the government who kept watch over the actions of the kings an assembly. Spartan magistrates‚ elected by the citizens. Provided over meetings and were responsible for execution of decrees. They held and shared great power with the kings. They did not have to knell before the kings‚ and the citizens held them in high esteem
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With reference to source 14 and other sources explain the role of the kings in Spartan society. Introduction: * Two kings who played major roles * Religious‚ military and political * Privileges * Agiads and Eurypontids- descendants of Hercules * Served for life * Strictly hereditary Political: * Roles: * Judge and lawgiver‚ magistrates for some cases such as adoption‚ marriage and public roads. * The kings played roles in making important judicial decisions.
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political to daily living conflicted‚ causing them to become competitive and distrustful of each other. The Spartan government was a very complex structure‚ which consisted of a dual monarchy‚ a warrior assembly (apella)‚ a council of elders (gerousia) and the ephors. Herodotus claims that the two royal families of Sparta‚ which consisted of
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