Different Form Of Democracy In Sparta And Athens
Sparta and Athens was totally different form of government.
In Sparta we had a military system and in Athens a first form of democracy. The only things in common are that both cities were class-based society, but between them the classes were totally different. In fact in Sparta we had several class of population like: Sparta’s “Neighbors” or Periokoi. They were not Spartan citizens but they were free men, and were able to have autonomy domestic affairs, but were inferior to Spartans.
Periokoi filled the roles of skilled craftsmen and traders, occupations that the Spartan men can’t be able to cover because all of them dedicated their entire life to career soldiers. Then we found the Helots, the largest class of people living in Spartan territory. Most of the Helots came from the lands of the neighboring …show more content…
Being not happy of their status, Helots would rise up in a series of continuously rebellions that affected the entire Spartans’ life. Due all Spartans’ men, were soldier, the women were free to manage the economic affairs of the, and have public life.
Sparta had two kings at the same time, which came from separate royal families. There was also an assembly of all male citizens, with only Spartan members. Periokoi, Helots, slaves were not members of the assembly.
Anyway, the powers of that assembly were relatively weak, true power belonged to “elder council” of men over 60 called the Gerousia and five magistrates called Ephors. The Spartan system has been characterized from equality between all Spartan men, as soldiers, called Homoioi.
In Athens, in origin, the organization was like other Greek cities: aristocrats were on top of the pyramid’s power, and the rest of population suffered economic situation. But after the things became too bad, the aristocrats class chose one of their own, a man named Solon, to reform the political and economic
In Sparta we had a military system and in Athens a first form of democracy. The only things in common are that both cities were class-based society, but between them the classes were totally different. In fact in Sparta we had several class of population like: Sparta’s “Neighbors” or Periokoi. They were not Spartan citizens but they were free men, and were able to have autonomy domestic affairs, but were inferior to Spartans.
Periokoi filled the roles of skilled craftsmen and traders, occupations that the Spartan men can’t be able to cover because all of them dedicated their entire life to career soldiers. Then we found the Helots, the largest class of people living in Spartan territory. Most of the Helots came from the lands of the neighboring …show more content…
Being not happy of their status, Helots would rise up in a series of continuously rebellions that affected the entire Spartans’ life. Due all Spartans’ men, were soldier, the women were free to manage the economic affairs of the, and have public life.
Sparta had two kings at the same time, which came from separate royal families. There was also an assembly of all male citizens, with only Spartan members. Periokoi, Helots, slaves were not members of the assembly.
Anyway, the powers of that assembly were relatively weak, true power belonged to “elder council” of men over 60 called the Gerousia and five magistrates called Ephors. The Spartan system has been characterized from equality between all Spartan men, as soldiers, called Homoioi.
In Athens, in origin, the organization was like other Greek cities: aristocrats were on top of the pyramid’s power, and the rest of population suffered economic situation. But after the things became too bad, the aristocrats class chose one of their own, a man named Solon, to reform the political and economic