The Spartans did not have military government. They had a council of elders (ephors) and a popular assembly, at which all Spartan citizens could attend and vote.
Spartan half-citizens were free, but they could not have any political power. They were the second-class citizens below the nobles and above the helots that were slaves.
the government discouraged foreign visitors, banned travel abroad for any reason but military ones, frowned upon citizens who studies arts and literature, and two kings headed a council of elders.
Unrest and rebellion by its serf population which provided half its produce to Sparta, which sustained its citizens and enabled them to concentrate on training for war.
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Spartan citizens had certain rights such as participating in government decisions and possessing land. However, these rights were limited to adult male citizens who completed the military training regimen. Women, slaves, and non-citizens did not have the same rights as Spartan citizens.
An assembly of the Spartan citizens.
Spartan people valued strong citizens.
democracy
The Spartans did not have military government. They had a council of elders (ephors) and a popular assembly, at which all Spartan citizens could attend and vote.
All Spartan male adults were citizens with equal rights. The Spartan territory had other peoples - the perioeci who lived in the countryside as landowners but were not Spartan citizens and the serfs who rendered half their produce to Sparta.
Spartans half-citizens were free but
both men and women could be citizens.
The Helots were not Spartan citizens ; they were essentially slaves .
Spartan half-citizens were free, but they could not have any political power. They were the second-class citizens below the nobles and above the helots that were slaves.
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