ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 190 Turiyi Market Court

According to Spartan law: the throne is inherited by the eldest son; but if the eldest son is born before the king succeeds to the throne, then he will give way to the oldest son born after succeeding to the throne; if the king dies without heirs, the throne will be passed to the eldest son. His closest male relative succeeds; if the heir is young, a regent will act on his behalf (Lecurgus, the founder of Sparta's current political system, was the regent).

Agis only has one son, Leotizides, who is 23 years old. It is natural for him to take over as king, but whether Leotizides is Agis's biological child has always been a gossip topic among the Spartan people. .Because during the Peloponnesian War, the Athenian general Alcibiades defected to Sparta, and King Achis thought highly of him. Unexpectedly, this handsome and charming Athenian seduced his queen, and even caused the whole Everyone in Sparta knew it.The humiliated Agis threatened to cut Alcibiades into pieces, but after Alcibiades learned the news in advance, he cleverly ran back to Athens. Not long after, Agis's wife became pregnant, so Alcibiades became pregnant. The people of Bada were certainly doubtful about making Leotizides king.

Agisilaus' younger brother, 45-year-old Agesilaus, has always performed well. In the eyes of the people, he is a traditional and pure Spartan. Although he is lame, he also has the support of many people.

It is conceivable that the next issue of succession to the throne will be enough for the elders to worry about, and how can they have the time to deal with trivial matters like Dionia.

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Theos, a Corinthian merchant, came to Turui for the second time. After not seeing each other for a few months, the port changed a lot: first, the Dionysians dug inward on the north bank of the mouth of the Craty River, thus expanding the port. A long cast stone breakwater is like a giant's arms, embracing the merchant ships entering the port. The dock is no longer as crude as the last time we came here. The wooden trestles go deep into the coast, and the shore is neatly lined with stone. Houses and buildings, and flat, wide transport thoroughfares…

Although there are many merchant ships coming and going at the estuary, the port managers still order them to dock and unload cargo in an orderly manner. The organization is quite orderly and efficient.The porters at the wharf are also very agile in their work, and they seldom show laziness, slippery or even bullying.

From time to time, Tios saw people in white Bolton walking back and forth between the docks with paper and pens in their hands. Wherever he passed, these workers showed more diligence.Later, I asked other businessmen to find out: those people are public officials sent by the Dionian household registration office, who are responsible for inspecting the usual labor performance of these free citizens who want to become citizens of the alliance. Citizenship status is a bit more difficult.

Of course, the two or three squads of soldiers who were fully armed and patrolling back and forth in the port also maintained the order of the port well.

Theos walked into the port and discovered that the Dionysian Alliance had surrounded the port with a thick and towering city wall, and the market was located outside the city wall.

Coming to the market, this is also a noisy area. The original market wall has been demolished because there are too many shops. The expansion of the market cannot keep up with the increase of shops. Shops and workshops are lined up one after another, occupying all the open space, leaving only Spacious passages are used for customers to buy, sell, transport goods and firefighters to put out fires.

In addition, there are two special buildings independent of the market.

One is a hospital.The doctors of the Dionia Alliance have excellent medical skills, and now most of the Greeks in the northern part of the Great Greece know it, and some even say that they are much better than the doctors in Crotone!Moreover, Davos created an unprecedented comprehensive hospital in Greece, which is obviously different from previous clinics. It is very standardized and strict in terms of facilities, systems and management. This is an unprecedented treatment method for patients who see a doctor. That sense of sacredness makes the patient feel half better before the doctor even starts treatment.For doctors, this place is like a magnet that attracts their attention. It is said that if the relationship between the Dionia Alliance and Crotone is not very stiff, many doctors in Crotone would like to come here to study and visit.Naturally, every day, the hospital is overcrowded.

There were also many people watching in the other building. When Tios asked, he realized that it was a court specially set up by the Dionia Alliance for the Turui market and port in order to quickly deal with the various trades that occur frequently here every day. Disputes and conflicts facilitated merchants, customers, and large numbers of sailors and laborers.Theos was very interested in this initiative that was not seen in other Greek city-states, so he also squeezed into the crowd.

The Dionysian Union established the position of judge in early November, mainly because after the influx of a large number of outsiders, the city chief executive had to deal with routine administrative matters alone, and he also had to deal with more delicate and complicated legal disputes. The chief executives of the three cities were complaining, so Davos proposed, and after deliberation by the Senate, decided to establish the position of a senior judge (there was no dedicated judge position in Greek city-states, and cases were often handled by Generals or consuls are responsible for trials, but in the Athenian court there is not even a judge, and the jury makes the decision. In Dionia, Davos, as the sole consul, of course has the highest judicial power, but he is busy with affairs. Unless it is a major case, it is impossible for him to spend time to deal with ordinary case disputes, so this power was initially delegated to the chief executive of each city). He is responsible for supervising the lower-level judges assigned to each city and handling appeals cases.Among the names to be recommended by the Senate was Polluxes. When it was submitted to Davos for review, he said nothing, but in the end the winner was Proxelaus (because of Davos's recommendation).

Originally Proxilaus was supposed to sit in the court of Thurii (although it was not yet fully built), and his subordinates were responsible for the court next to the market.But the newly established alliance was like the morning sun. The people were busy with their own affairs, and there were almost no complicated and influential cases for him to handle. Therefore, the energetic but idle new judge He came to the market, took away the power of his subordinates, and tried the case himself.

"What's the next case?" Proxilaus asked eagerly after finishing a dispute.

Sub-judge Fraulein glanced at him resentfully.Fraukeleon was originally a subordinate of Kunogorata, and he was already assisting the chief executive in handling legal affairs in the city hall. After the law was made independent this time, there were not many talents in the alliance who were proficient in law. Fraukeleone Recommended by Kunogorata, he was quickly promoted to a low-level judge, which could be regarded as entering the ranks of mid-level officials in the alliance. Unexpectedly, within a few days of being happy, Proxelaus took the position. He did not dare to say anything. After all, Proxilaus was not only a senator of the Senate, but also a senior judge. Its status was equally prominent. As soon as it was established, Davos promoted it to a position second only to the city administrator to show that the alliance valued the law, and As Frauceleon's immediate superior, Proxilaus had the right to report his work performance to the Senate Civil Service Management Committee and to recommend him when he wanted to transfer.

"It was the wife of a Union citizen who sued a Lijim businessman for discriminating against her," Fraukeleon said.

"Discrimination?" Proxilaus was a little confused.

"That woman is a Lucanian," Fraulein whispered.

"Oh." Proxilaus nodded: "Then bring the plaintiff and the defendant."

The court in the market is not large. It can only accommodate judges, clerks, programmers, guards and other public officials. The plaintiffs and defendants can only stand in the open air outside the court. There is an open space surrounded by iron railings behind it, and the public can sit in the open space. You can watch at will outside the railings, which not only allows the people and foreigners to understand the laws of the alliance, achieves the role of preaching and education, but also allows the judges to be supervised by the people.

A man and a woman entered the court. Under the guidance of the programmer, they first chanted the names of Minos, Rhadamantus, and Aikul, the three judges under Hades, and swore by their gods: Everything said is true.

Next, the plaintiff makes his case.

The young Lucarian woman spoke Greek with a strange pronunciation but relatively fluently: "Dear Judge, I am the wife of Izam, a citizen of the Union. I came to the market today and wanted to buy an olive oil container. When I arrived at his shop, the woman pointed to the merchant next to her and said, "I found that the pottery he sold was of many styles and very beautiful, so I decided to buy it from him, just because it took a lot of time to select the pottery." After a while, he suddenly got angry at me and said, "Damn barbarian, are you going to buy it or not? If you can't afford it, don't touch my bottle with your dirty hands. Otherwise, if it's broken, I'll pay you for it." There aren’t enough slaves!’ And he said… and he said…”

"Your honor, she's lying! I never said anything like that!" the businessman shouted.

"Shut up first, and then it's your turn to speak after she finishes speaking!" Proxelaus scolded, and then said to the woman: "You continue to speak."

"He also said—" the woman blushed, glared at the businessman, and gritted her teeth: "He also said, 'A savage woman like you is not worthy of using such noble pottery, you might as well be my slave girl, let me... Make me happy. When I am happy, I might reward you with a pottery——'"

Note: 1. Alcibiades’ third party intervention has been described in my other novel “From City-State to Empire”.

2. This rule about the succession of the Spartan throne "If the eldest son is born before the king succeeds to the throne, then he will give way to the oldest son born after the king succeeds to the throne." There seems to be a similar tradition in Persia, novel One of the main reasons why Cyrus the Younger rebelled at the beginning was that he was the eldest son born after his father came to the throne, but his brother Artaxerxes, King of Persia, was not, so he thought he should be the king. This is the "Emperor" "Mengguisheng".

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