How were the governments of Sparta and Athens similar?

In both Sparta and Athens, political rights and leadership were restricted to men; women could not participate in government. The governments were structured differently: Sparta had kings and a council of elders, while Athens developed a form of democracy in which eligible male citizens took part. So the shared feature is that both were run by men, not exclusively by kings, elders, or all the people.

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