Throughout the ages of ancient Greece‚ many different types of rule were enacted. Some were more rare than others‚ such as monarchies‚ but they all played at least a small part in Greek history. Monarchy was not a common type of rule in Greece. The Greek people‚ especially those of the city state of Athens‚ would often conflate monarchy with tyranny. The Athenians were subjected to the invasions of Darius and Xerxes of Persia‚ so it would make sense that they would hold animosity against these tyrants
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on what was “best” for their poleis and its people‚ and both used a political legislative system. While the Spartans had the elder council‚ called “Gerousia”‚ the Ephors and the general assembly‚ the Athenians had the legislative branch‚ called “Boule”‚ and the popular assembly. Whereas the Spartan’s general assembly could make laws and the Gerousia and the Ephors could veto them‚ the Athenians “Boule” could suggest laws‚ but the popular assembly was responsible for passing legislation into law
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Ephors who were elected annually and the Gerousia (an elite elder council). For a Spartan to be a Ephor; they must be one of the dual kings (by which both of the two kings are also Ephors) and/or be elected as one of the (ultimately) 5 members elected each year to be one. Ephors could serve only a single‚ one-year term in office. Becoming an Ephor was the only route to political power for non aristocratic Spartan citizens. For a Spartan to be part of the Gerousia; they must be 60 years of age and must
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Athens and Sparta in the ancient Greece world are both revered by many modern civilizations as being foundry influences on modern democracy. The two city states‚ however‚ were polar opposites in how they viewed democracy and ran their government. Sparta was known for its military prowess and power‚ while Athens has always been famed for its progress in the arts and sciences. While both being developmentally different and butting heads sometimes‚ they both were integral voices on how similar democratic
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not. The checks and balances in Athens actually took away from the rich’s power and distributed governmental power to all wealth groups. (Fleck‚ 2006) The checks and balances in Sparta were more just within the two higher branches‚ the Gerousia and Ephors. The Gerousia checked the the Ephors decisions and laws. As far as branches go‚ the Athens differed from Sparta by having a completely separate branch for judicial decisions. The Spartans wrapped legislature and judicial all up in the Ephors branch
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I feel the author put that word in for a reason. Of particular note is the fact that age in Sparta was a major difference. If one were male‚ free‚ and an aristocrat and over 60 one could get elected to the two powerful groups of Ephors and Gerousia. No such age distinction existed in Athenian
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the most highly believed theory is that the ephors originally came from five separate villages‚ and were probably chiefs whom advised the kings. 2. How was membership decided? They were elected by the assembly annually‚ or each year. Unlike the gerousia and kingship‚ the ephors were not required to be from ‘noble families’ and any FULL Spartiate citizen over the age of 30 was eligible to run for a position in the ephorate. Aristotle wasn’t favourably
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Athens and Sparta were superpowers in Ancient Greece. In some ways the two city-states were similar‚ and in some ways they were different. However‚ in terms of society and government‚ Athens was superior. Athens gave it’s citizens greater freedoms‚ had a more modern form of government‚ and influenced western civilization far more than the Spartans ever did. The people of Athens enjoyed more freedoms than the people of Sparta did. Spartan culture was centred around it’s military. According to The
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Introduction The Greek civilization was most important period which shaped the root of modern civilization. The most admired historical city-states (polis) to have ever existed was Athens and Sparta and that are always taken an example for their completely different governing systems. The difference between two city states were flagrant. Today we will dive deeper into the Spartans and Athenians life and try to figure out how Athens and Sparta obtain the right to participate in public life. We will
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some regards but different in others. Like Athens‚ all Spartan citizens held office in the general legislative body‚ the Assembly. Once a Spartan citizen had finished his military service at the age of sixty‚ he was eligible to run for office in the Gerousia legislative body or as a member of the executive branch of Spartan government as an Ephor (“Sparta”‚ 2008). The Spartan government differed as it had a Monarchy composed of two kings whose right to the position was decided entirely along bloodlines
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