Text Access - 7. Social Division Into Calendrical Tribes and Ranks
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Example 1 in Chapter 7 Bibliography:
Pavel Oliva, Sparta and Her Social Problems (1971).
Example 2 in Chapter 7 General Queries Page Notes (Stub Page Note Number 2):
Pavel Oliva, Sparta and Her Social Problems (1971), pp. 88f. The gerousia consisted of 28 members (gerontes), elected by the citizens’ assembly (apella). This is a lunar number, and Thucydides (I.67) said that the gerousia met each lunar month at the full moon. Perhaps there was a daily rotation of the leaders during this period. The council amounted to 30 with the two kings.
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