- gerousia
- ge·rou·sia
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gérousia — ● gérousia nom féminin (mot grec) Dans la Grèce antique, conseil des anciens (gérontes), par opposition à l assemblée du peuple. (Seules quelques cités conservaient à l époque classique cette institution traditionnelle. À l époque impériale… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Gerousia — The Gerousia was the Spartan senate (council of elders). It was created by the Spartan lawgiver Lycurgus in the seventh century BC, in his Great Rhetra ( Great Pronouncement ). According to Lycurgus biographer Plutarch, the Gerousia was the first … Wikipedia
gerousia — In ancient Sparta, the council of elders, one of two chief organs of the Spartan state, the other being the apella. The gerousia prepared business submitted to the apella and had extensive judicial powers: it alone pronounced sentences of death… … Universalium
Gérousia — Gérousie La gérousie (en grec ancien γερουσία / gerousía, de γέρων / gérôn, « le vieillard ») est l équivalent spartiate du Sénat : c est un élément aristocratique et oligarchique, par opposition à l assemblée du peuple. C est une… … Wikipédia en Français
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Apella — was the official title of the popular assembly in the Ancient Greek city state of Sparta, corresponding to the ecclesia in most other Greek states. Every Spartan male full citizen who had completed his thirtieth year was entitled to attend the… … Wikipedia
JERUSALEM — The entry is arranged according to the following outline: history name protohistory the bronze age david and first temple period second temple period the roman period byzantine jerusalem arab period crusader period mamluk period … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Sanhedrin — • The supreme council and court of justice among the Jews Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Sanhedrin Sanhedrin † … Catholic encyclopedia
EreẒ ISRAEL – SECOND TEMPLE — ptolemaic rule seleucid rule the hasmonean revolt independent judea hasmonean rule the roman province Herod s Rule under the procurators … Encyclopedia of Judaism
