The citizens. There were two parallel kings, who were war leaders and had religious responsibilities. There was a council which carried out routine activities of governance. However they had to gain approval of the citizens in order to maintain cohesion in the state.
Since Sparta was an independent city-state for several centuries, there were several rulers. There were always two ruling kings, one leading the civilian government and the other leading the military. Leonidas is the famous military leader who held off the Persian army at Thermopylae.
The Spartan king who took part in the Trojan war was Menelaos, the husband of Helen.
Spartans had two kings because it was efficient for there government and they liked to do it hard ;)
Sparta was ruled by two kings and its council, the Gerousia.
The Spartans had a 30 member senate. Two kings were part of the senate.
Sparta was ruled by two hereditary kings. This meant that the kings were not related to each other, but their titles were passed down to their sons. Sparta also had a council of elders who advised the kings.
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The two kings, who ruled together, and the Council members.
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.
There were kings, two emperors and now a president (this period is called the Fifth Republic).
Cyrus and Darius the Great both ruled over the Persian Empire
Cyrus and Darius the Great both ruled over the Persian Empire
Sparta had a limited democracy. Sparta had two kings who ruled the city-state. They also had a 28 member council which could limit the power of the kings.
This changed over the centuries. Sparta was ruled by two kings, a council. and an assembly Athens was ruled first by a king, then an aristocracy, then by a tyrant, then by an assembly of the people. Persia was ruled by a king and his council.