Herodotus wrote that holders of this position had sole jurisdiction over who should marry unbetrothed heiresses and matters concerning public roads. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this hereditary position held simultaneously by members of the Agiad and Eurypontid families, both of whom claimed descent from Heracles. This office’s powers were kept in check by both the gerousia and the ephors.
ANSWER: kings of Sparta [or archagetai; prompt on basileus or kings or monarchs by asking “of what state?”]
[10h] Description acceptable. Spartan kings were the only men under sixty eligible for the gerousia, whose members were elected by the Spartan Assembly using this method, which required adjudicators to sit in a windowless room nearby.
ANSWER: voice vote [accept acclamation; accept oral vote; accept making the loudest noise or shouting the loudest or equivalents]
[10e] Only full Spartan citizens could take part in the Assembly, a designation that excluded both free perioikoi and this class of state-owned laborers.
ANSWER: helots [prompt on slaves or enslaved people]
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