Document outlining the structure of ancient Spartan government
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Spartan Constitution
Great Rhetra
Oligarchy
Legislators: Lycurgus, Chilon, Epitadeus, Agis IV, Cleomenes III
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List of Kings of Sparta (Agiads, Eurypontids)
Gerousia
Ephorate
Ekklesia
Navarchy
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Perioeci
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Neodamodes
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Spartan army
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For the treatise by Xenophon, see Constitution of the Lacedaemonians.
The Spartan Constitution (or Spartan politeia) are the government and laws of the classical Greek city-state of Sparta. All classical Greek city-states had a politeia; the politeia of Sparta however, was noted by many classical authors for its unique features, which supported a rigidly layered social system and a strong hoplite army.
The Spartans had no historical records, literature, or written laws, which were, according to tradition, prohibited. Attributed to the mythical figure of Lycurgus, the legendary law-giver, the Spartan system of government is known mostly from the Constitution of the Lacedaemonians, a treatise attributed to the ancient Greek historian Xenophon, describing the institutions, customs, and practices of the ancient Spartans.
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accounts, the SpartanConstitution was the product of a great lawgiver, Lycurgus. He was said to have written the Spartanconstitution early in the Archaic...
elected ephor, the age from which a Spartan citizen was no longer considered eromenos. The Spartanconstitution is principally known through the work...
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supported the Spartan citizens. The proportion of helots in relation to Spartan citizens varied throughout the history of the Spartan state; according...
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