How did the spartan government differ from the government in athens

In Sparta there was a diarchy monarchy, that means that there were two kings, one who dealt with the military and the other who was more concerned with religion and internal affairs, when the Agiads and the Euriponts reigned together. The assembly was not an important institution as there was no democracy.

In Athens, there was a monarchy at first, then the power passed to the aristocrats and little by little it became a democracy. There were three political organizations where citizens participated in numbers that exceeded hundreds and even thousands. It is about the assembly (in some cases with a quorum of 6000), the council of the 500 (Boule) and the courts (minimum of 200 people, but sometimes up to 6000). Of these three institutions, the Assembly and the courts are the true organs of power. In the middle of the IV century a. C. The judicial functions of the Assembly were greatly reduced, although it always kept a relevant role in the beginning of certain types of political trials.

The central events of Athenian democracy were the meetings of the Assembly (Ekklesia). Unlike in a Parliament, the members were not elected, but were citizens who could attend whenever they wanted. The democracy created in Athens was direct, not representative as it is today: any adult male who was a citizen and over 18 years of age could participate, and it was a duty to do so. The officials of the democracy were partly elected by the Assembly and partly by lot.