Spartan assembly

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Spartan institution citizen assembly legislative body political institution popular assembly

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

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Spartan assembly (apella) 1

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
composedOf Spartan male citizens ⓘ
convenedBy Gerousia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spartan kings NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Sparta NERFINISHED ⓘ
decisionPower could accept or reject proposals but not amend them ⓘ
describedBySource Herodotus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Plutarch NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thucydides NERFINISHED ⓘ
eligibilityCriterion Spartan citizenship ⓘ
male ⓘ
minimum age of 30 years ⓘ
governedBy Great Rhetra NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalBasis Great Rhetra NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Laconia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ
ancient Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
ancient Sparta NERFINISHED ⓘ
meetsAt Sparta NERFINISHED ⓘ
in the open air ⓘ
near the river Eurotas ⓘ
partOf Spartan constitution ⓘ
politicalSystem mixed constitution of Sparta ⓘ
relatedTo Ephorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gerousia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spartan kingship ⓘ
subordinateTo Gerousia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spartan kings ⓘ
timePeriod Archaic Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
Classical Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
topicOf scholarship on Spartan political institutions ⓘ
votingSystem acclamation ⓘ
shouting vote ⓘ

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

Spartan Ephors → canSummon → Spartan assembly ⓘ
Lycurgan reforms → includesInstitution → Spartan assembly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spartan assembly (apella)