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It was so named from the "hill" on which they met.Areopagus - a hill to the west of the Athenian acropolis where met the highest governmental council of ancient Athens and later a judicial court
It was so named from the "hill" on which they met.Areopagus - a hill to the west of the Athenian acropolis where met the highest governmental council of ancient Athens and later a judicial court
The kings council of elders is called a senate. They are actually currently still in place in the republican empire.
Sparta was an aristocracy that had a Council of Elders. Athens was a democracy. It had a council too, of 500 men over 30 years old.
They were referred to as: Cediles, Acrodemcrats, Mastees, Regroaelioepolitics, or Reptstuses
chiefs,the grand council, council of elders
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Under the new constitution, the executive was a committee of five called the Directory. The council of Elders chose the Directors from a list presented by the Council of known mainly for corruption.
There is no specific collective noun for elders, in which case a noun that is appropriate for the situation is used; for example a council of elders, a committee of elders, a meeting of elders, etc.
The Sanhedrin was the Jewish council of elders.
council of elders
The Gerousia was the Spartan council of Elders.