oligarchys or the council of elders
oligarchs
Over a series of wars, most of which it won, Sparta lost most of their military manpower, and could no longer compete with the rising power of Thebes.
The political system of Spata was Oligarchy. It means a government where a small group of people hold power.
Sparta, this is most definitly Sparta!
Sparta was temporarily the main power until overturned by Thebes three decades later.
Athens and Sparta were the two most powerful city-states in ancient Rome.
In a situation where a small group of like minded people are the ruling class, that's called an oligarchy. Perhaps the most famous one was in ancient Sparta. There,unlike Athens, Sparta was run by a small clique of people who held onto all the power.
Sparta
minority group
minority group
The recognised leading power in the Greek world at the time.
A navy is not on land, so neither had the best navy.