What type of government did Sparta have?

It was a complicated mixture of hereditary monarchy, aristocratic oligarchy, democracy and even what we would today describe as socialism. read more

If i remember correctly Sparta had a Diarchy,meaning it had two kings.I don’t know about the political situation in Roman Sparta though. read more

Sparta had what is known as a diarchical monarchy. The government's complete makeup consisted of dual kings; a council of about 30 gerontes or gerousia, which are rich elders; the ephors, a small council of five people and an assembly, called the Appella or Demos, of the common people who gathered once a month. read more

Government of Sparta. Aristotle, in the On the Lacedaemonian Constitution section of The Politics, says some claim Sparta's system of government included monarchical, oligarchic and democratic components. read more