There was an assembly of all male citizens‚ an elder council of men over 60‚ the Gerousia‚ and the Ephors that consisted of 5 magistrates. The Gerousia‚ was an elite elder council of 30 men and was the Spartan equivalent of the senate. The Gerousia was made up of the wealthier and more conservative men. When one of the 30 seats became available in the Gerousia‚ it was the assembly who chose the man to fill the Gerousia vacancy. The Ephors were elected each year for one‚ one-year term by the members
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elements of all types of Government structures. The Spartan constitution contained elements of monarchy‚ oligarchy and democracy and was described by ancient writers as a mixed constitution. The four elements were made by the two kings (monarchical)‚ Gerousia (oligarchic)‚ the Five Ephors (limited Democratic) and the Ekklesia (democratic). This system all came about from the work of the law-giver named Lycurgus who is acclaimed to have received the Rhetra from the Delphic Oracle and impose it upon Sparta
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‘The real political leadership of Sparta rested with the elders and the Ephors. To what extent is an accurate description to the government of Sparta? In the Spartan political system‚ power was divided among kings‚ Ephors and the Gerousia which was the council of elders. There were five magistrates called Ephors‚ one that was from each territorial region. It is supposed that the Ephors were established as part of the political system early in the Spartan history. The five Ephors were selected yearly
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In order to hold an office of Gerousia in Sparta‚ the citizen must be a free-born Spartan with 60 years of age. Also as king‚ the citizen must be from the royal blood. |In Athens‚ office holders are measured by their annual income in bushel. The only thing that is similar to both city
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government was Gerousia which the elder council consists of people at the age of sixty‚ and Ephors which have five magistrates. Athen leader is governed by a statesman Pericles. Besides the difference in the hierarchy of the Sparta government‚ male citizens formed an assembly arrangement in the organization. These powers are chosen by assembly annually to support the kings. Ephors deal with judicial‚ military‚ and foreign affairs. Its duty was to declare wars to Helots every year. Gerousia were formed
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In ancient Greece era (ca 800-323 BCE)‚ Greece was consisted of hundred of city states called “Poleis”. Each polis was an independent small country and many were only like a small town or a small village. A polis sometimes controlled very small territories. However‚ among all of the “Polies” in Greece‚ there were two poweful city states named Athens and Sparta. These two city states were powerful and influential among other Greek city states or poleis1. This written assignment will address these
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actuality‚ two councils‚ the Ephors and the Gerousia‚ held most of the power. The Ephors‚ a council of five men‚ behaved like the executive branch of government and “served as a balance to the power of the kings” (Brand‚ n.d.). Positions on the Ephors were reserved for non-aristocratic citizens to serve a one-year term. However‚ the power of the Ephors was overshadowed by the rulers on the Gerousia. A much larger council than the Ephors‚ the Gerousia was
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Sparta was a communist state‚ with the lack of luxuries‚ other Grecian states enjoyed and the strict control for equality but was complicated with the almost religious need for a democratic vote. Sparta had three levels of government; the Kings’‚ the Gerousia‚ the Ephors and the Ekklesia‚ each having their own requirements‚ limitations and powers. The Spartan monarchy consisted of 2 kings which governed over Sparta. Unlike other Grecian kings‚ Spartan Kings had very little power and did not have an
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monarchy‚ aristocracy and democracy. The reason for this is that few people actually ruled Sparta‚ and their power or time in office was limited to avoid corruption. There were two kings to keep a check on one another‚ there were 28 members of the Gerousia – a council of elders that included the two kings‚ five ephors who held in their hands the highest of powers but only served for one year‚ and the apella which was made up of all other Spartan citizens or Homoioi. The Ephors controlled almost
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while Athens generally viewed them more as bureaucrats the enact the legislation favored by the Assembly. In practice some Athenian aristocrats may have held more power over legislation than their power allowed‚ but the power entrusted in Sparta’s Gerousia was fairly explicit. In other words‚ the structure of the two city-states was mostly different‚ but power in both tended to be consolidated by a wealthy‚ conservative
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