CLASSICS 1M03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Spartan Constitution, Apella, Spartan Executive
13 May 2016
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The issue of the archaic age: justice, the distribution of powers and protections among the population. The formation of the polis: from informal assemblies and traditional authority to laws, offices, and formal institutions of government. Gerouisa: council of elders : power to initiate and veto lives: 60 or over in age, elected members, the election was there so that the assembly was made up of the elite. Ephors: overseers: the spartan executive: the bodies charges with forcing and administering the laws, 5 citizens elected from the citizens who were 30 years of age or over, they were part of the elite, wealthier citizens. Peculiar spartan dual kingship (agiads and eurypontids): not really kings but hereditary generals/magistrates: automatically given a spot on the gerouisa, no matter their age, head of the family, they were charged with specific capacities within the law. Their most important role was not at home, but abroad. They were the generals of sparta"s armies on campaign.
