Gerousia

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Spartan political institution advisory council council of elders legislative body oligarchic institution

The Gerousia was the Spartan council of elders, a powerful governing body that shaped legislation and policy in ancient Sparta.

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All labels observed (5)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Spartan political institution ⓘ advisory council ⓘ council of elders ⓘ legislative body ⓘ oligarchic institution ⓘ
associatedWith	Lycurgus (legendary lawgiver) ⓘ surface form: Lycurgus of Sparta
citizenshipRequirement	Spartiates ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Apella ⓘ Spartan kings ⓘ ephors ⓘ
describedBy	Aristotle ⓘ Plutarch ⓘ
genderRestriction	male ⓘ
governs	Spartan citizens ⓘ
governsTerritory	Laconia ⓘ Messenia ⓘ
hasAgeRequirement	over 60 years ⓘ
hasDecisionRule	oligarchic deliberation ⓘ
hasEtymology	from Greek geron meaning elder ⓘ
hasFunction	acting as high court ⓘ advising Spartan kings ⓘ deciding on treason cases ⓘ deliberating on policy ⓘ preparing legislation ⓘ trying capital cases ⓘ
hasMember	Spartan elders ⓘ Spartan kings ⓘ
hasMemberCount	30 ⓘ
hasPower	to influence foreign policy ⓘ to judge serious criminal cases ⓘ to propose laws ⓘ to veto proposals of the Apella ⓘ
hasSelectionBody	Apella ⓘ
hasSelectionMethod	election by acclamation ⓘ
hasStatus	most powerful deliberative body in Sparta ⓘ
hasTermLength	life ⓘ
includes	28 elders ⓘ two Spartan kings ⓘ
languageOfName	Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	Sparta ⓘ surface form: Lacedaemon Sparta ⓘ Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: ancient Greece
partOf	Spartan constitution ⓘ Spartan political system ⓘ
politicalSystem	mixed constitution ⓘ
timePeriod	Archaic Greece ⓘ Classical Greece ⓘ

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

Sparta → hasInstitution → Gerousia ⓘ

Constitution of 1844 (Greece) → upperHouse → Gerousia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gerousia (Senate)

mixed constitution (Sparta) → hasOligarchicElement → Gerousia ⓘ

mixed constitution (Sparta) → hasInstitution → Gerousia ⓘ

mixed constitution (Sparta) → oligarchicPowerExercisedBy → Gerousia ⓘ

mixed constitution (Sparta) → hasCheckOnAssembly → Gerousia ⓘ

mixed constitution (Sparta) → councilOfEldersName → Gerousia ⓘ

Spartan Ephors → canConvene → Gerousia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spartan Gerousia

Spartan Ephors → checksAndBalancesWith → Gerousia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spartan Gerousia

Apella → convenedBy → Gerousia ⓘ

Apella → relatedConcept → Gerousia ⓘ

Lycurgus (legendary lawgiver) → associatedWith → Gerousia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spartan Gerousia

Spartan polis → hasOffice → Gerousia ⓘ

this entity surface form: gerousia

Spartans → politicalInstitution → Gerousia ⓘ

Agiad dynasty → checkedBy → Gerousia ⓘ

Lycurgan reforms → includesInstitution → Gerousia ⓘ

this entity surface form: gerousia

Athens and Sparta → politicalSystemFeature → Gerousia ⓘ

subject surface form: Sparta

this entity surface form: Gerousia (council of elders)