Sparta ran on a system of democracy, therefore it had two kings who shared responsibilities. It is evident from Plutarch's; "Life of Lycurgus", that a lawgiver known by the name of Lycurgus derived the Spartan laws from the oracle at Delphi, which outlined how Sparta was to function. Within this Delphic Oracle it was stated that Sparta was to have two kings.
Careful there....Ancient Sparta had no such democracy! Sparta was a dinarchy, under the rule of two consecutive kings along with nine 'ephors' and a council. The common people had no say.Clarification....
Sparta had two kings. The kings belonged to the Council of Elders (Gerousia) which had 5 Ephors along with nobles who were over 60 years of age. The Spartan government also consisted of an assembly made up of male citizens who were over the age of 30. The assembly itself had little power and was there primarily to support the Kings and Ephors. This was not a democratic government like Athens, but rather a government run by a small elite few.
Two kings, from two families, Agiad and Eurypontids, who descended from Herakles. One would go to war and one would remain in the city.
Spartans had two kings because it was efficient for there government and they liked to do it hard ;)
It Had 2 kings
Spartans had the right to vote in the Assembly, where they could show the Kings and Ephors the popularity of certain options presented to them by the Kings or Ephors.
they use them to keep the other spartans safe.
Spartans were Greek, so they spoke Greek.
Where did the ancestors of the Spartans originally come from?
Spartans traded poetry for wine or sometimes they stole from Athens
Spartans had two kings because it was efficient for there government and they liked to do it hard ;)
The Spartans had a 30 member senate. Two kings were part of the senate.
Spartans had the right to vote in the Assembly, where they could show the Kings and Ephors the popularity of certain options presented to them by the Kings or Ephors.
Leonidas was one of the Spartan Kings .
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With the Great Rhetra instituted by Lycurgus, the Spartans had a very democratic government, they had two kings who had their power checked by five Ephors who had the power to banish the Kings or hold them to trial, and the Ephors only held power for a year. There was also a Gerousia which was a council of elders which included 28 Spartan men over the age of 60 and the two Kings. The last part of the government instituted by the Great Rhetra was the Ekklesia which was the general assembly of men who were called to vote on issues.
The Spartans made lots of coins and they had things like gods or goddesses, heroes, and kings on them.
There were several kings of Sparta, the most famous is either Leonidas(led the 300 Spartans at the famous battle of Thermoplylae) or Menalaus(king of the Spartans in the seige of Troy). There were two spartan kings at any one time, a peace king and a war king. The peace king took care of diplomatic negotiation, whilst the war king took command of battles and war.
The ancient Spartans had the government of oligarchy where 2 kings headed a council of elders.
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No, two different cultures.