what type of government did sparta greece have?
Monarchy Diarchy
entailment
 Rather than creating a government that was primarily a democracy ( as in ancient Athens ) , an aristocracy ( as in ancient Sparta ) , or a monarchy ( as in the Roman state before and , in many respects , after the Republic ) , the Roman Republic had a mixed constitution , with three separate branches of government : 

contradiction
 The monarchy continued the council and most civic institutions , permitting the election of magistrates until 264 . In the absence of the monarch , the city was administered by a viceroy . Although governors of the eastern Roman provinces under Odaenathus ' control were still appointed by Rome , the king had overall authority . During Zenobia 's rebellion , governors were appointed by the queen . 

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 The democratic element took the form of the legislative assemblies . 

entailment
 When news of the uprising at Thebes reached Sparta , an army under Cleombrotus I had been dispatched to subdue the city , but turned back without engaging the Thebans . Another army under Agesilaus II was then dispatched to attack the Thebans . However , the Thebans refused to meet the Spartan army in battle , instead building a trench and stockade outside Thebes , which they occupied , preventing the Spartans advancing on the city . The Spartans ravaged the countryside but eventually departed , leaving Thebes independent . This victory so heartened the Thebans that they undertook operations against other neighboring cities as well . In short order the Thebans were able to reconstitute their old Boeotian confederacy in a new , democratic form . The cities of Boeotia united as a federation with an executive body composed of seven generals , or Boeotarchs , elected from seven districts throughout Boeotia . This political fusion was so successful that henceforth the names Theban and Boeotian were used interchangeably in a nod to the newfound solidarity of the region . 

entailment
 According to historian Andrew Lintott , some scholars doubt this traditional account . They argue that instead of being overthrown , the monarchy evolved into a government led by elected magistrates . Remnants of the monarchy , however , were reflected in republican institutions , such as the office of rex sacrorum ( " king of the sacred " ) and the interregnum ( the period of time presided over by an interrex when the consulship or other magistracy was vacant ) . 
