ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 639 Akademi Academy
Davos' words made Patroclus bite his lips.

Davos looked directly at him: "Then becoming my son-in-law will only make your future more bumpy. Are you still willing to marry Cynthia?"

As soon as Davos finished speaking, Patroclus blurted out: "I do! I am willing to go to Cynthia as my wife! And I will make more achievements to prove my ability and change the prejudices of others!"

Davos looked at the confident and high-spirited young man in front of him with admiration in his eyes: "Tomorrow night, I will hold a private banquet at home and invite you and your parents to the banquet to discuss your engagement with Cynthia. matters."

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The Dauni people were conquered, and the next step was to govern this newly conquered land.

In the Dionia Senate, the chief administrators of Dauni towns were elected by the senators and approved by Davos. Only the town that was the most controversial was the chief executive of Lucenia, Davos. Firth never approved it until Antaoris proposed a name that was almost forgotten by everyone - Antonios, and received the support of most of the former mercenary elders, Lucanian elders, Bruti elders, etc. Smart The elders realized that this was an instruction from Davos.

Antonios, who had been claiming to be ill at home and not seeing anyone else, received a letter of appointment signed by Davos from the palace herald Aristiras.

During this period of time, he was used to seeing the once bustling mansion and then being deserted. He was also used to his wife, whose father was imprisoned and brother was executed, crying in his ears every day, complaining that he didn't help at all.Antonios has experienced so much in just a few months. Looking at the appointment letter in his hand, he can't help but sigh with emotion and moist eyes: After all, King Davos has not forgotten him. It can be seen from this appointment that Luce As the central town of Dauni, the only people who can serve as the chief executive of Nia are veterans with outstanding merits and who are highly valued by Davos.

"Your Majesty asked me to convey a message." Aristelas said expressionlessly: "'I hope you will learn from the lessons of the past, govern Lucenia well, and allow the Daoni people to integrate into Dionia as soon as possible.'"

"I will not disappoint His Majesty!" Antonios said emotionally.

He declined the invitation of Cappus, Felicius, Amyntas and other former mercenary elders to hold a banquet to celebrate his comeback, and in the early morning of the next day, he quietly left with only two followers. He rushed to Lucenia to take up his post.

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Teleutias, the brother of the Spartan king Agsilaus, led the Spartan army and marched northward in a leisurely manner until the spring of the second year (that is, the 11th year of the Kingdom of Dionia, 382 BC [-]), arrived at the Chalcidic peninsula, and was warmly welcomed and greatly assisted by the Macedonian king Amyntas, who provided a large number of cavalry. After winning two battles, Teleutias advanced to Austria. Under the city of Lintus.However, during the siege, the Spartan army was defeated and its commander Teleutias was killed by a surprise attack by the reinforcements of the Calcidick allies who supported Olyntus.

When the news reached Sparta, there was a shock.

Agesilaus was so heartbroken that he became ill and bedridden.

After deliberation, the Council of Elders decided that they would never compromise with the Chalcidic Alliance headed by Olintus and would continue to attack it until it was destroyed, otherwise Sparta's prestige in Greece would not be restored.

As a result, Sparta began to issue war mobilization orders to its allies in the Peloponnese, preparing to summon a larger coalition to fight in Northern Greece, and the commander of the army was another Spartan king Agesipolis. .

During this period, the fall of Thebes made the Athenians always feel uneasy, so they gave their full support to the exiles in Thebes and established multiple shelters in the mountains between Attica and Boeosia.But although Athens was wary of Sparta, they were unwilling to openly become enemies with it, especially now that Sparta was so tyrannical. Therefore, they just paid close attention to the movements of the Spartans.

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There is an academy called Academia next to the sacred grove of Academia on the banks of the Kephissos River in the northwest suburbs of Athens.

This courtyard stands beside a river with gurgling water, green grass and blooming flowers. Its gate is a simple arch with the words "Those who do not understand geometry are not allowed to enter" written above.

A dozen young people were sitting around in a small pavilion in the academy, listening carefully to a middle-aged man's lecture.

This middle-aged man has a broad forehead, deep eyes, and broad shoulders. Although he is not too tall, he is relatively burly, but he gives people an elegant and quiet temperament.He is Plato, a famous scholar throughout Greece.

Plato came from a prominent family, so he received a good education since childhood.When I was young, I was still passionate about poetry and drama creation, until one day I met Socrates and others talking at a poetry competition. Plato was enlightened and enlightened. Many questions that I had been thinking hard about but couldn't find the answers seemed to be solved all at once. .So he threw his poems into the fire and burned them on the spot, and worshiped Socrates as his teacher. He switched from being passionate about literary creation to philosophical research.

That year, Plato was 20 years old.

After Socrates was tried and eventually executed, Plato, who was extremely disappointed with the Athenian government, began his traveling life. He visited Megara, Asia Minor, Persia, Egypt, Cyrenaica, and Sicily. Finally, due to an accident event and returned to Athens.

Plato was actually still very interested in politics due to family reasons, but Athens became politically conservative after losing Thrasibulos, and various factions were busy with disputes, which disappointed him again.After long-term inspections of other Greek city-states and countries outside Greece, in addition to increasing his experience and knowledge, he also deeply felt that managing a city-state was not easy. Without specialized knowledge of city-state management, without a group of like-minded friends, not only Nothing will be achieved, and it may cost your life.So after returning to Athens, with the funding of friends, Plato founded the Akademi Academy, trying to cultivate a group of talents who not only understand philosophy, natural sciences, but also govern the country, and use them to change Athens and other Greek city-states. The status quo, indirectly realize their own political ideals.

It has been five years since the college was established.Not only did many Athenian youths become his students, but also some young Gentiles came to worship under him, and Accademi Academy gradually became famous.

At this time, Plato said in a calm but magnetic voice: "...yesterday I talked about why I think the kingship in the ancient times was the best political system. Today I will talk about why such a kingship declined?"

The young people immediately picked up their spirits and listened attentively.

"Although the legislators of the royal government always try their best to let the rulers of the city-state receive the best comprehensive education so that they are full of wisdom and can use the true knowledge they have learned to distinguish things and take correct actions. However, just like animals and plants Just as the growth and development of the human body is affected by time, human marriage and childbirth are also restricted by time. The legislators of the city-state cannot always rely on sensory observation and rational thinking to always correctly select the best time for childbirth for the rulers of the city-state. They sometimes get it wrong and have children inappropriately...

The rulers selected from these degenerated descendants cannot be the best. After they take over the power of their fathers, they will despise the lovers of wisdom in the city-state, despise music education and physical training, so that the people in the city-state Young people are becoming less and less educated... As a result, they and their descendants gradually lose the qualities that real rulers should have, and lose the ability to distinguish between gold, silver, copper and iron, while iron and copper are different from each other. When gold and silver are mixed together, they create imbalance, inconsistency and disharmony. Once disharmony and inconsistency appear, war and hatred will arise..."

The students were lost in thought.

After a while, a student asked: "Teacher Plato, do you mean to say that... inappropriate marriages, mixed blood, and loss of purity are the main reasons for the decline of the king's government?"

"Aureas, your understanding is correct." Plato praised the student, and then said: "Once a conflict occurs, the two groups within the ruler will develop in different directions. The copper and iron group tend to be private, and the copper and iron group tend to be private. Annexing land and houses, collecting gold and silver treasures; while the gold and silver group still tends to virtue and traditional order because they have real wealth in their hearts. These two groups fight with each other, and then reach some kind of compromise... So they turn the city-state The land and houses were privately owned, and the original friends and providers were turned into border residents and slaves... This led to the emergence of a new political system, which is what I call the honorary government."

The students are thoughtful.

A student asked in confusion: "Teacher Plato, how can we get married at the right time?"

"Spisippus, this is a good question, you are stumping me." Plato said this, but said with a smile: "In fact, even the gods cannot marry at the right time. , otherwise there would not have been so many powerful monsters in ancient times. But after long-term thinking, I have some own understanding of this issue. I also elaborated in the book "Utopia", that is, let the outstanding and the The best ones marry and give birth at the best time.

What is an excellent person?Not only for men in the city, but also for women.The city-state should treat men and women equally and allow women to receive good education.Let them receive physical training, learn literature, music, mathematics... In the process, we will be able to find out whether she is a gold, silver, iron, or bronze type. Choose the best and combine them with the best, but don't go overboard. Have children early.

　Note: In his book "The Republic", Plato, when talking about royal government, believed that those in power are of gold and those who protect the country are of silver. They look forward to virtue and wisdom.Farmers, handicraftsmen, and businessmen are copper and iron and tend to pursue personal gain.

　　
　
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