Introduction
The two most famous and ever existed historical city-states in Greece were Athens and Sparta. They were super powerful rival states in ancient Greece. Even though they were close and share some similarities, but their lifestyle and governance were different. This paper will elaborate how the Athens and the Spartans gain their right to participate in decision making, who was suitable for public office, the rules that govern the selection of public officials, and the similarities and differences that exist in the two powerful states of the ancient Greece.
Discussion
These great states have various means by which a citizen can make contribution in the public domain, who can occupy the public office, and the rules governing their selection process. The Spartans were a military society which was been dominated by men who has the aristocratic bunch of superiority. Women were having control over the management of the household and they have no voting right. Women goals were to give birth to warriors. For a Spartan to participate in the decision making start from infancy, whereby at the age of 7, the child is enrolled in Agoge and gone through vigorous training. When pass all the test by age of 20, he will serve as a state soldier. These warriors then compete to be part of the Syssitia, here begins their social ranking and status to make meaningful impact in the community. They were then at this time permitted to marry and make
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Both governments try to maintain law and order in their various states, they did not allow any autocracy in their system of government. Also, they look down upon women, slaves, and foreigner, they were very proud of themselves. All these category of people had no say or had limited say in governance. Lastly, they were all concern about security and soldiers were serving or having public duties or office in their