The King and the Council of Elders held the most power in the Spartan Society. Two Kings actually ruled the city and there was a 28 member council of elders that limited their powers of governance. This was a very unusual type of governmental setup. The members of the council of elders were recruited from families belonging to high social class.
•The king refused to enforce laws
•He forbid the legislature from passing laws
•He refused to pass laws that would be beneficial to certain states unless they forfeited their rights of representation.
•He made it difficult for the colonists to participate in governance.
•He forbid the passing of laws that would establish judiciary power.
•He forbid judges from making decisions based on the facts of the case, as well as the law in itself. He also took away their independence to make these decisions.
•He forced the colonists to allow soldiers to stay in their homes, and did this during times of peace as well.
•He taxed citizens without their permission or approval.
•He denied Jury Trials to those who had commited crimes when the colonists would deem the trial that befitted the crime to be appropriate.
• And he refused to provide colonists protection from foreign agrresion on their own lands (colonial lands).
True... watch Percy Jackson lol
