Council of Elders
Unlike modern societies, government did not interfere in daily life in Sparta. The citizens were fiercely independent and ran their daily lives and their relationships between each other as they saw fit. The government's function was to ensure internal and external security, but called a meeting of the citizens to get approval for significant actions by the state. The governing council had to do this to ensure that the citizens would support and act on their decisions.
In Sparta, the government was headed by two hereditary kings who were pulled from an upper class made up of lifetime military scholars. These men lived most of their lives in barracks, devoted to the arts of war.
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Sparta had a limited democracy - they had to as the citizens would not fight if the citizens didn"t have a say on both war and the important issues of government. Athens developed from a limited democracy to a radical one as the citizens were sick of the rule and exploitation by the aristocratic oligarchs. After an initial limited democracy under Cleisthenes, and the return of the oligarchs during and after the Persian invasion, Ephialtes restored democracy, was murdered for it, and his deputy Pericles took over, developing it into a radical democracy where the citizens in fortnightly assembly made the decisions and the council implemented them.
Sparta had a government that consisted of two kings (one from the Agrid family and one from the Eurypontid family), five Ephors (supreme magistrates), the Gerousia (council of elders) and the Apella (the assembly of equals - all Spartan men over the age of 30). The kings and the Ephors made all the most important decisions about the state and battle and education and the Gerouisa had a big input in law but even if they all make a unanimous decision it can still be overruled by the whole Apella. In that sense it is an almost democratic government except that woman or slaves cannot have a say.The Spartan government was a fusion of monarchy, oligarchy and demoracy.The government of Sparta consisted of the two kings, the Gerousia, the Ephors and the Ecclesia/Apella:Gerousia - It consisted of the two kings plus 28 elders. They prepared and presented proposals for the vote of the assembly. They were elected.Ephor - There were 5 ephors. They advised and checked the kings, controlled the Krypteia, watched for divine signs about the kings rule, supervised the life of the people and called the assembly.Ecclesia - The assembly consisting of Spartiate men over the age of 30. They voted on the Gerousia's proposals.Oligarchy
They decisions were made by kings .
The Nobles of Sparta and the buff guys
Both Athens's and Sparta's Government were elected by the people.
In a command economy government planners make the decisions and in a market the decisions are made by individuals.
the foundation of the world's first real world government, the United Nations.
A system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.
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By the government and by the courts.
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a democracy is a government in which the people vote on the decisions being made.
the process that determines the decisions made by government
In an autocracy, the important government decisions are made by a single ruler or a small group of individuals who hold absolute power. This can be a dictator, monarch, or a ruling party. The decision-making process is centralized and does not involve public participation or checks and balances typically found in democratic systems.