Stub - 7. Social Division Into Calendrical Tribes and Ranks
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Pavel Oliva, Sparta and Her Social Problems (1971), pp. 88f.Text AccessCan you help us get access to this text? And can you help us check what is attributed to it? The gerousia consisted of 28 members (gerontes), elected by the citizens’ assembly (apella). This is a lunar number, and Thucydides (I.67)Verify CitationCan someone verify the book number/chapter number and its contents? 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.
