Ancient History Greece

  Plutarch, "The Sayings of Spartan Women" - What values can we identify? Gorgo: Once when her father told her to give some grain ...

  Overview In most Greek cities young men became full adult citizens once they reached military age, usually around the age of twenty Sparta...

  Overview Successful completion of the agoge was a prerequisite for Spartan citizenship. Public education was provided for girls as well as...

Hetoemaridas - Gerousia There are almost no examples of individual Gerousia members directing decisions within Sparta, largely due to the ex...

  Membership This was the most democratic organ of the Spartan government All adult male Spartiartes over thirty were eligible to sit in the...

  Origins The Gerousia was the oligarchic element of the constitution as written in the Politeia of the Spartans by Xenophon According to Pl...

  Origins The Ephorate was a board of five ephors who were the chief magistrates and administrative officials in Sparta The word 'Ephor...