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The Rule of Law in Classical Sparta
Seminar Date: Thursday 6 March 2025 @ 7pm Melbourne
Location: Level M, 168 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Presenter: Miltiades Paikopoulos Language of Presentation: English
Entry: FREE |
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Synopsis
For the inaugural presentation of 2025's Greek History and Culture Seminars, Miltiadis will aim to shed light on Spartan legal culture, in particular that which was present in Sparta during the Classical Period (the 5th to 4th centuries BC). Existing scholarship on Ancient Greek Law focuses heavily on Athens, and what studies do exist on Sparta are often hindered by misconceptions. So, this presentation hopes to combat these common issues. After a short outline of the historical context, the presentation will focus on four major Spartan legal institutions: (1) the Diarchy, (2) Gerousia, (3) Ephorate and (4) Ekklesia. In doing so, he argues that a unique legal culture did develop in Sparta, and that Spartan Rule of law meant arranging their legal system so as to promote the city’s political morality. So, in describing what Sparta’s political morality was, and how the city-state’s legal institutions promoted that political morality, we may begin to understand what Spartan Rule of Law actually meant
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Bio
Miltiadis Paikopoulos is a lawyer, author and classicist. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Classics and Ancient World Studies from the University of Melbourne, and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Melbourne Law School. Miltiadis specialises in international and cultural repatriation law, Ancient Greek law and political theory, as well as Spartan history. He teaches the Classical Greek language, and maintains an interest in Byzantine Greek and Latin. He volunteers with his ancestral Greek regional association in Brunswick, the Pallaconian Brotherhood, where he was the founding Youth President. He is currently working on a paperstudying the Byzantine and Crusader castles in his home region of Laconia in Greece, from the 8th century to the middle of the 15th century.
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How to Participate
This is an in-person only event, so please join us at the Greek Centre, on Level M. See our speaker live, ask questions during the Q&A and hobnob with fellow participants before and after the event. We look forward to seeing you there.
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Sponsors
We thank Joseph Tsalanidis for the kind donation that made this seminar possible.
During the course of the year considerable expenses are incurred in staging the seminars. In order to mitigate these costs individuals or organisations are invited to donate against a lecture of their choice. You too can donate for one or more seminars and (optionally) let your name or brand be known as a patron of culture to our members, visitors and followers, as well as the broader artistic and cultural community of Melbourne. Please email: info@greekcommunity.com.au or call 03 9662 2722. We thank the following corporate sponsors:
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See more Greek History and Culture Seminars
Did you know that you can see the whole 2025 seminar program, details of upcoming seminars, watch previously recorded seminars and more on the Greek Community website?
You can find your way there in one of the following ways:
- Visit our website and go to
Events > Event Series > Greek History and Culture Seminars 2025
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- Follow this link: https://www.greekcommunity.com.au/seminars-2025
or - Click the button below.
(PS: Catch up with 2024 Seminars you missed at by following this link)
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