LEGAL POSITION OF WOMEN IN A MILITARY SOCIETY– SPARTA AS A MODEL DETERMINED BY SIMILAR FACTORS AS ROMAN STATE
LEGAL POSITION OF WOMEN IN A MILITARY SOCIETY– SPARTA AS A MODEL DETERMINED BY SIMILAR FACTORS AS ROMAN STATE

Summary/Abstract: Women's rights and equality as an instrument for determining the position of women in society are mostly associated with the concept of democracy and the trend of democratic development of society, but the issues that have arisen in recent times regarding this position (violence against women, femicide, the "glass ceiling") encourage the question about the nature of that relationship. If the legal position of women in democratic societies is questioned in the context of so many negative phenomena, what is the position of women in authoritarian regimes, and what is the legal determination of that position? To answer this question, the ancient model of Sparta and Athens, in the context of comparison with the Roman state, could be considered. Although in Sparta women did not participate in political decision-making, they had greater rights and a better position in society than women in the Athenian polis, which remained a model for modern democracy. Placing the rights and position of Spartan women in the context of social relations and legal-customary frameworks, it could be said that the rights of women in Sparta, to a certain extent, corresponded to contemporary aspirations, although the society was defined as an oligarchy that had military power in its hands. The question is whether we can draw such a conclusion for the later Roman state, which from the 2nd century BC included the Greek world.

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