ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 631 Funeral
Except for those who were unable to arrive due to important matters, such as Alexis who commanded the army to fight in Dauni, most of the senators, even those who served as administrators in other places, rushed to the mourning hall in Kunogora Tower to worship. Many middle and low-level officials from the kingdom also came to mourn.

What's more, it's the people of Turiyi who worked hard and provided huge help to the people of Turiyi whose city was burned down and lost their homes. In more than half of the following ten years, It is Kunogorata who serves as the chief executive of this city. Thurii can be prosperous today because Kunogorata has contributed a lot. How can the people not miss his kindness!Therefore, on this day, the people of Turiyi did not talk about the rugby game happily, nor did they go to restaurants to have a drink. Instead, there was an endless stream of worshipers outside the mourning hall.

But although everyone looked sad and solemn, there was almost no crying and it was relatively quiet.This is different from other Greek city-states, where the bereaved families would even hire professional mourners to add a sad atmosphere to the entire funeral process.According to the "Hades Codex", the souls of the dead Dionia can enter the Elysee Paradise based on their performance during their lifetime. It is a beautiful paradise. Entering there is to enjoy blessings rather than suffering, so relatives and worshipers do not have to Too sad, otherwise it is damning the deceased to purgatory.

The ceremony to pay homage to the body lasted for one day, and the funeral for Kunogolata began early the next morning.

Relatives placed Cunogorata's body in a wooden coffin, which also contained some offerings for her final journey to Hades and the Elysee.The wooden coffin was placed on the carriage, which was pulled by four black horses. Relatives, dressed in black gauze, were guarding the carriage and moved forward slowly.

Behind the carriage were members of the royal family headed by Davos, senior officials of the kingdom, senators and their families. They were all wearing black veils and looked solemn.The people who came after hearing the news consciously lined up at the back, gradually forming a long queue with no end in sight, forcing Turiyi's inspection station to send more people to maintain order.

The funeral procession was specially equipped with more than a dozen flutists and trumpeters. They played solemn and slightly melancholy elegy, creating a solemn and mysterious atmosphere for the entire funeral procession.

Plessinas in front of the carriage led a dozen black-robed priests silently singing Hades' hymn, sprinkled water on the street, and led the funeral procession to the foot of Hades Hill.

Eight palace guards in military uniforms lifted the wooden coffin and walked steadily to a small temple next to the Temple of Hades. This is the god of Hades - Thanatos, the God of Death. The temple of the temple was built after the Southern Italian War.

There was an incineration pool in front of the temple. The guards placed the wooden coffin into the pool, and the priests began to pour olive oil into it through the pipes around the incineration pool.

Sostatus, Dika Okrat and other relatives of Kunogorata looked sad, and everyone else lowered their heads and prayed silently. Only Davos, who was wearing a white robe, walked to the incineration pool and opened his arms. , shouting to the sky: "Great Hades, the Dionian citizen Kunogorata returned to Hades again today. I am your devout subject, and I beg you to grant him gifts based on what he did during his lifetime. The blessings you deserve after death!”

Having said this, he took the torch from Plessinus and threw it into the pool.

While the raging fire was burning, dozens of saints sang in unison, and their light singing echoed through the hills, washing away the sorrow in the hearts of the people.

The wooden coffin was reduced to ashes amid the singing, but the funeral was not over. Kunogolata's relatives took out the remaining bones from the ashes after the incineration, wrapped them in newly made linen cloth, and placed them in urns. middle.

Davos also spoke loudly to the people who came to attend the funeral about Kunogorata's great contribution to the Kingdom of Dionia during his lifetime. At the same time, he announced that the bust of Kunogorata would be housed by the god Hades. The Pantheon of the temple is with the Kingdom of Dionia!His urn will be placed in the Temple of Death and protected by the underworld!
With the completion of these two things, the funeral came to an end.

When many senators and officials said goodbye to their relatives, they no longer comforted them, but congratulated them.

Before, the senators had also attended the funerals of Scombras and Baguilipi, but the funeral of Kunogorata not only attracted the largest number of people, but also reached the peak of the honors it enjoyed after its death.

Only citizens who are loyal to the kingdom, diligent throughout their lives, and have made sufficient meritorious deeds can enjoy the ashes placed in the temple.It is even more difficult to enter the Panthéon. This is only possible if you have made a huge contribution to Dionia and even affected the development of the entire kingdom.After settling in the temple, a monument must be erected to write a biography and his name will be passed down to future generations. It can be said to be a supreme honor.Since the establishment of Dionia, there has been only Heraclid for more than ten years, and now there is Cunogorata. For many veterans and officials, the funeral of Cunogorata has become their envy. And strive for the goal, this is what Davers hopes.

For ordinary people, they do not have such a big goal. Their biggest hope is to be cremated in the main temple of Hades after death, because the cremation of corpses is usually done in the ordinary Hades temple. Only citizens who have made meritorious deeds can apply to be cremated in the main temple of Hades.

The person who approves this application is not the Senate, but the priests of the Temple of Hades. The final decision-making power rests in the hands of Davos, because he is not only the king, but also the high priest of the kingdom, and the most important person in the hearts of the people. Descendants of Hades.However, under normal circumstances, he lets the priests headed by Plessinas decide. In the end, he can just take a look at it. Only when an important figure in the kingdom dies does he need to make a decision on whether he has the qualifications to enter the Hall of Valor, the Pantheon, etc. Qualifications for the Temple of Death and the Prison of Evil.

After Kunogorata's funeral, the Rugby Grand Final continued and everything seemed to be back to how it was before.

Only the senators felt the slight change. Antaoris was added to the list of rotating presidents of the Senate, and his seat was moved forward to the center of the front row of the venue.

When Dionia was first established, the position of rotating chairman of the Senate was held by the senators in turn. It only played a role in maintaining order in the venue and had no real power.After the South Italian War, Davos became the king. On the grounds that "there were too many new senators and they were not familiar with the operation of the Dionian political system", he no longer allowed the senators to serve as rotating presidents, but designated Several elders take turns holding this position, usually every ten days.

At the same time, he also asked the Senate to give the rotating president more responsibilities and let them be responsible for organizing each Senate meeting. The main topics of each meeting were decided by King Davos and the rotating president on duty. When Firth attends a meeting, he has to send instructions to ensure that the meeting is carried out in accordance with the king's wishes.When Davos is absent from the meeting, he has the right to ensure that the meeting proceeds smoothly, and can even command the guards to expel the elders who interfere with the meeting. He only needs to report the results of the meeting to Davos after the meeting.

Precisely because of the increased power of the rotating president, this position has become an important symbol of measuring a senator's status in the Senate.

Previously, the rotating presidents of the Dionysian Senate were Cunogorata, Cornerus, Cedorum, Vespa, and Lysias.Now, Kunogorata died, and Antaoris filled the vacancy.

In addition, there is a change.At the same time that Laodian and other Sicilian elders committed the crime of dereliction of duty, some officials in Naxos, Siculi, and Catanai were also involved in this matter and were investigated. They were all recommended by these elders who committed crimes. Yes, so Daves took this opportunity to be furious in the Senate. He believed that the reason why the Kingdom Officials Management Committee failed to ensure the selection of middle and low-level officials was because they were influenced by too many other senior officials in the Senate. Officials should be selected fairly, and the appointment of middle and low-level officials should not be interfered with by the Senate...

At the beginning of the establishment of the alliance, the responsibility of the Official Management Committee was to formulate candidates for public officials in each city of the alliance, which were ultimately reviewed and signed by Davos before implementation. However, each time the candidates on the list would be read out in the Senate to let the senators know. Sometimes they will raise objections to some of the candidates, and the committee will make some adjustments based on their opinions, and Davos will not do much to obstruct it, because Davos controls the Senate, so everything is under his control. under.In recent years, as the territory expanded and the number of officials increased, Daves spent half of his time handling political affairs in the palace, and his control over the committee could no longer be as strict as before.

This time, Davos requested that the office of the Kingdom's Officials Management Committee be moved to the palace and that the issue of official appointments should no longer be discussed in the Senate. Of course, some senators expressed opposition, but he quietly threatened: He was considering whether to let Sesta also launched an investigation into officials in other cities in the kingdom to avoid a recurrence of a series of cases of malfeasance like the one in Sicily.

In the end, Davos's proposal was approved and the committee moved to the second floor of the palace.

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Chrysops was received by Davos the day after the funeral at Cunogorata.

Regarding Sparta's request to "renew the covenant that was about to expire for another ten years", Davers and the Senate agreed to this request without much debate.

After all, the center of gravity of the Dionia Kingdom is in Italy, followed by Sicily. Neither Davos nor the senators have much interest in getting involved in the strife-ridden Greek mainland.The previous ten years of peace gave Dionia enough time to absorb refugees, expand its population, develop agriculture, trade, and expand its land... Of course they also want to continue to have such a peaceful surrounding political environment.

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