I'm curious to see your thoughts.
Sparta did have the first constitution, and had a system of checks and balances over it's two kings, and seemed to have the freedom to openly disagree with the government. In theory, any Spartan man who was old enough could run for gerousia and the ephors. Women also had much more rights in Sparta then in the other city-states like Athens. They also believed that all (Spartan) men were created equal. While it was an oligarchy, it does have democratic ideas, and technically started a century before Athenian democracy.
So, how democratic could Sparta become without not being the Sparta we think of, a Sparta that's called the "Birthplace of Democracy"? I'd like to see if we can have something non ASB.
Sparta did have the first constitution, and had a system of checks and balances over it's two kings, and seemed to have the freedom to openly disagree with the government. In theory, any Spartan man who was old enough could run for gerousia and the ephors. Women also had much more rights in Sparta then in the other city-states like Athens. They also believed that all (Spartan) men were created equal. While it was an oligarchy, it does have democratic ideas, and technically started a century before Athenian democracy.
So, how democratic could Sparta become without not being the Sparta we think of, a Sparta that's called the "Birthplace of Democracy"? I'd like to see if we can have something non ASB.