Ancient Greece/Rome- Rulership

I have decided to focus on three distinct forms of rule, based in three diffrent city-states, Sparta, Athens and Rome.

In Spartan the rule was built on respect for laws and traditions, that the elders managed. The city-state had a peoples assembly with men over 30 years, who selected an assemblage of men over 60 years to govern Sparta. Those who were most popular in peoples assembly got to join the council, the council selected five "erforar", they oversaw that all followed laws. Sparta had two kings that  led offerings to the gods and were supreme commanders in war. The "eforar" could  be dethrown the kings if they meant they had lost the "benevolence of the gods".

Athens- Free men over 19 years old were to meet the in a assembly in  Acropolis, where all had the right to vote, speak and to come with submissions. To rule the peoples assembly selected  500 men over 30 years through a raffle . Random raffles prevented that the rich could buy their way to power, judges and officials were chosen the same way. Just ten generals were directly elected by the peoples assembly, because it was important to choose the most skilled in war. Politics was so important that free men who would not be involved in politics were called "idiotar", those who were more occupied with themselves and not the state. Athens was  the first democracy, which would influnce the future. Note that Athens was   a direct democracy while the one we have today is a representative democracy.

Rome was ruled by two consular who lead the state and was at the top in warfare, they  only got to rule half a year at a time and each consul could revoked decision the other had done. Rome had a public assembly, a council and several elected officials. The council assembly was called the senate. The goverment was ruled by the patricians and  the others under them were plebeians, later the plebeians became part of the government system. They got the same roles patricians and a new elite of patricians and plebeians called the "nobility". Note that the rule of the romans was more like Sparta than Athens, since they never got a democracy. Also note that after the death of Julius Ceaser, Rome went from a republic to empire, with the introduction of emperors.

Pictures:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sparta_territory.jpg
http://www.unicornseatinghistory.org/ancient-athens-the-first-democracy/
http://phaeselis.wikia.com/wiki/File:Roman-senate.jpg

Source: Cappeldamm Historie Vg2