Spartan assembly

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The Spartan assembly was the principal citizen body of ancient Sparta, where male Spartan citizens voted on laws, war, and major state decisions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Spartan assembly canonical 1
Spartan assembly (apella) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Spartan institution ⓘ
citizen assembly ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
political institution ⓘ
popular assembly ⓘ
aim to give citizens a voice in major state decisions ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Apella ⓘ
composedOf Spartan male citizens ⓘ
convenedBy Gerousia ⓘ
Spartan kings ⓘ
country Sparta ⓘ
decisionPower could accept or reject proposals but not amend them ⓘ
describedBySource Herodotus ⓘ
Plutarch ⓘ
Thucydides ⓘ
eligibilityCriterion Spartan citizenship ⓘ
male ⓘ
minimum age of 30 years ⓘ
governedBy Great Rhetra ⓘ
hasRole approving or rejecting proposals from the Gerousia ⓘ
deciding on foreign policy issues ⓘ
deciding on war and peace ⓘ
electing ephors ⓘ
electing magistrates ⓘ
electing members of the Gerousia ⓘ
ratifying treaties ⓘ
voting on laws ⓘ
language Doric Greek ⓘ
legalBasis Great Rhetra ⓘ
locatedIn Laconia ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ
ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity

ancient Sparta ⓘ
linked to: Sparta
meetsAt Sparta ⓘ
in the open air ⓘ
near the river Eurotas ⓘ
partOf Spartan constitution ⓘ
politicalSystem mixed constitution of Sparta ⓘ
relatedTo Ephorate ⓘ
Gerousia ⓘ
Spartan kingship ⓘ
subordinateTo Gerousia ⓘ
Spartan kings ⓘ
timePeriod Archaic Greece ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ
topicOf scholarship on Spartan political institutions ⓘ
votingSystem acclamation ⓘ
shouting vote ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spartan Ephors → canSummon → Spartan assembly ⓘ
Lycurgan reforms → includesInstitution → Spartan assembly (apella) ⓘ
linked to: Spartan assembly