... plateau, its size and population is small in comparison to Athens with a citizen population of only 40,000. Spartan government was not typical of a Greek polis; its government resembled that of a territorial state, a primitive form of communism. Decisions in the Spartan government were made by the Gerousia which was a council of 28 elders who were at least 60 years old. There were ... numbered by the Helots in Laconia due to their restricted citizenship. Spartan society was based on conditioning, they lived lives of necessity and rarely did people come or go. Spartan government reflects...

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