Show democracy originated by ancient spartan lawgiver according to tradition lycurgus was the author of the laws and institutions of ancient sparta and lived during tile the ninth century B 10 in order to study the laws of other nations he traveled to crete ionia egypt and perhaps also to spain libya and india on his re turn he remodeled the old constitution and established a new social order which gave aye the people a voice in public affairs and led to the tie de of sparta into a great military state he Is 18 given credit for strict military organic a atlon and training her system of education and for the system of subordinating the individual to the state slate some give him credit also for the foundation of the apolla or citizen assembly the prohibition of gold and silver currency and the partition of the land into equal lots the story goes that when tills this new constitution was completed lycurgus exacted a promise from liis fils countrymen not to change it until lie he returned from a proposed P ased journey then lie he voluntarily y exiled blin himself self so BO as al to bind them to tills this promise the laws he founded are said bald to have lasted a thousand years some historians regard him not us its nn all actual ruler or lawgiver but as a god or mythical personage |