ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 100 King or Consul?
"The highest authorities in Athens and Amendolara are citizens' assemblies, which allow all citizens to participate and decide on important legal, military, diplomatic and other matters of the city-state; Athens has a 'ten generals' system, and Amendolara has dual consuls. , manage the internal affairs of the city-state in peacetime, and serve as military commanders in wartime. They are elected annually by the citizens' assembly; Athens has a meeting of 500 people, and Amendolara has a senate of [-] people. Its members are also elected by the citizens' assembly every year and propose bills. , responsible for the execution and trial of the city-state's laws, assisting the consuls in managing the city-state, and ordinary diplomatic affairs. It also has an important task of reviewing and providing candidates for the consuls.

Originally, the election of consuls was held in June every year. They were applied by themselves, nominated by the Senate, and elected by the citizens' assembly.But now, Amendolara has experienced war and is in dire straits. It urgently needs to elect a consul to lead the people to rebuild their homes, so it makes an exception to hold it today.I would like to first invite the former mercenary leader Davos and the main team officers to come to the stage to discuss together and list the candidates for the consulship first. "As soon as Cornerus finished speaking, the new citizens (former mercenary soldiers) in the audience were already a little impatient.

"What other candidate should we choose! The consul of Amendolara can only be our leader Davos!" Someone shouted loudly in the crowd, which was immediately unanimously recognized by the new citizens.

"Yes! We will not choose anyone else except Chief Davos!"

"Only Davos can lead us to continue to create miracles!"

"Leader Davos is a commander who is victorious in every battle. With him here, we don't have to worry about failure!"

"Leader Davos becomes the consul!"

"Davers!"

"Davos!!"

"Davos!!!"

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Thousands of nearly [-] new citizens at the venue chanted Davos's name in unison, and the momentum was quite spectacular.

When Cornelus encountered this situation for the first time, he couldn't help but panic, and immediately looked at Davos in the audience for help.

Davos smiled and said something to Asistes, who immediately ran to the back of the square.

Soon, a high-pitched brass horn sounded over the square, which immediately restored the silence of these former Davos mercenary soldiers, and other mercenaries gradually stopped shouting.

Cornelus was secretly alarmed by Davos's powerful appeal: It seems that it is certain that Davos will become the consul, so the other consul should be selected from the original citizens of Amendolara. suitable.

Cornelus was anxiously thinking about how to speak. At this time, someone in the crowd shouted: "Brothers, although we have elected Chief Davos as the consul, don't forget that he has to work with another person. Share power, and a new consul will be elected next year. Who else can be better than Leader Davos! Who else can create miracles better than Leader Davos! Who else can be better than Leader Davos? Command the battle! Who else is more favored by the gods than Davos!"

"nobody!!"

"No!!"" The new citizens clamored again.

"Are you willing to let a strange and incompetent person rule you?!" Another person shouted.

"Unwilling!!" This is what the mercenaries are worried about.

"Brothers, think about it. Is the democratic system really good? Think about Athens, which was once the most powerful city-state in Greece, but was brought down by a group of incompetent politicians who fought among themselves! Think about what we are doing in the Euk Star Sea. The city-states we passed through were also democratic systems, and their governance of the city-states was very poor. An army must obey the command of a wise general before it can win the war. If a city-state wants to be strong, of course it should follow this principle .Brothers, in the past year, we have experienced many difficulties, but we have also gained a lot of knowledge. We have seen the vastness of the Persian land, the tyranny of Sparta, and the bullying of Thurii... ...Are you willing to live a life of enjoying freedom under a democratic system but being bullied, or are you willing to become powerful under the leadership of Chief Davos?! Soldiers, tell me your choice!" Looking at the crowd, they raised their arms and shouted. Of Olivers, Davos nodded imperceptibly.

"Davos is king!" The crowd yelled loudly, and Cornelius, the other five people on the stage, and the original citizens of Amendolara were all shocked.

Cesta and Adriankos both turned to look at Davos, who was not far away, and the senior mercenary officers such as Antonios, Capos, and Amyntas around him. They all looked calm. .If they were more familiar with Davos, they would find that the people leading the soldiers in the square were Hilos, Matonis, Olivers and other people from the original Hilos team.Cesta and Adrianx looked at each other, then fell silent.

With that loud shout, the entire square suddenly fell into terrible silence, but soon the new citizens began to shout: "Davos will be king." It was sparse at first, but became more and more orderly and louder in the end.

Cornelius and the other five people looked at each other in blank dismay. One of the old people wanted to rush out, but he was held back tightly by the left and right, and finally he gave up.Facing the aggressive momentum of thousands of people in the audience, no one dared to muster up the courage to go forward and shouted: "You are wrong! Amendolara will never allow anyone to be elected king! Amendolara's laws are not Permitted! The citizens of Amendolara will never allow it!!" The reason why they can live until now instead of dying at the hands of the Lucanians like other citizens of Amendolara is because they are not brave enough , which is why Davers picked them.Most of the original citizens of Amendolara in the audience are old, weak, sick and disabled, and they have neither the intention nor the possibility to confront the mercenary soldiers.

Cornerus suddenly regretted his previous promise to let the mercenaries join Amendolara, but the current situation no longer allowed him to think too much, and he once again turned his pleading eyes to Davos.

Davos saw that the time had come.He walked to the stage calmly. When the new citizens saw his figure appearing on the wooden stage, they became even more excited and shouted in unison: "Davos will be king!"

"Davos, King!!"

"King Davos!!"

……

Cornelus glanced at Davos with a complicated expression and gave way to the middle position.

Davos faced the dark crowd in the audience. The boiling voices almost burst his ears. He pressed down his hands with a calm expression...

The square gradually returned to calm.

"Soldiers, no, you should now be called citizens of Amendolara! When I left Byzantium, I said to the officers, 'I will make you citizens of the city-state and have your own land.' Just not In two months, my promise has been fulfilled. You have won today's harvest with your sweat, blood, and fearless fighting spirit! This is what you deserve. Congratulations to you-the new citizens of Amendolara! !”

"Wan Sheng!"

"Victory!!" The new citizens in the audience cheered excitedly, and some even shed tears.

"Thank you very much for your trust in electing me to be the king of Amendolara. For me, being the king does not mean that I have great power to bully the citizens and obtain benefits for myself. And It means that I have to take on greater responsibilities, to make the citizens of Amendolara live a happier life, to make our city-state stronger and not to be bullied by others! Although I have the confidence to do it, but - —" Davos paused briefly, and Cornelus' heart was so nervous that it almost jumped out of his throat.

"I still want to say sorry to you, I can't be this king." As soon as these words came out, others on the stage breathed a sigh of relief, while the new citizens in the audience were in an uproar.

"Why?!" the new citizens asked one after another.

"Because almost no city-state in Greece today uses a royal system. Even Sparta has a dual-monarchy system (Macedonia is not counted, and the Greeks do not regard it as a Greek city-state). At this time, royal government is not subject to the influence of Greek city-states. Welcome, if I become the king of Amendolara, then Amendolara will be ostracized by the city-states of Magna Graecia. If Amendolara wants to develop, it needs to trade with other city-states; if Amendolara wants to be strong, it will Alliances with other city-states are needed; and once Amendolara is isolated and has no allies, all good ideas will come to nothing. What is even more frightening is that Amendolara will be attacked by Greek city-states who hate the royal system, so for Amen Dorara, I can’t be this king!”

　Today is 520, I wish you a happy life, brothers!If you don't read this chapter tonight for this reason, I will forgive you...lol!

　　Tomorrow is the last chapter of this volume, thank you all for your support!
　　
　
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