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Question 26

Complete the membership description of the Gerousia: twenty-eight elders over sixty served together with whom?

  1. Five ephors only
  2. Thirty young soldiers
  3. Foreign ambassadors
  4. Sparta's two kingsCorrect answer

Explanation

The twenty-eight elected elders sat with Sparta's two kings, giving the council thirty members in all. Excluding the kings would omit a defined part of the Gerousia rather than merely change its leadership.

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