Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"The highest authorities in Athens and Amendolara are civic conferences, allowing all citizens to participate and decide on the city’s legal, military, and diplomatic matters; Athens has a "ten generals" system, and Amendolara has dual consuls , To manage the internal affairs of ordinary city-states, and to serve as military commanders in wartime, and be elected by the Citizen Assembly every year; there are five hundred people meeting in Athens, and a hundred-member senate in Amendolara, and its members are also elected every year by the Citizen Assembly The bill is responsible for the implementation and trial of city-state laws, assisting the governor to manage the city-state, and ordinary foreign affairs. It also has an important task to review and provide candidates for the governor.

Originally, the election of the consul was held in June every year. It was applied by me, nominated by the Senate, and elected by the civic assembly.But now that Amendola has gone through wars and is in despair, it is urgent to elect a ruling officer to lead the people to rebuild their homes, so an exception is held today.I would like to first invite the former mercenary leader Daveus and the main team officers to come to power, discuss together, and list the candidates for the consul."Cornerus' voice just fell, and the new citizens (former mercenary soldiers) under the stage were a little impatient.

"Which candidate to choose! The governor of Amendolara can only be our Davos leader!" Someone shouted loudly in the crowd and immediately received unanimous approval from the new citizens.

"Yes! We will not choose anyone other than Chief Davers!"

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

"The leader of Davos is the commander-in-chief of a hundred battles. With him in, we need not worry about failure!"

"Chief Davos is the governor!"

"Daveus!"

"Daveus!!"

"Daveus!!!"

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Thousands of nearly 3,000 new public citizens shouted Dave's name unanimously at the meeting, the momentum was quite spectacular.

Cornelius encountered this situation for the first time, and was unafraid of panic. He immediately turned to Davos offstage for help.

Daveus smiled and said to Yasisters, and Yasisters immediately ran to the back of the square.

Soon a high-pitched brass trumpet sounded over the square, immediately restoring these former Davos mercenary soldiers, and the other mercenaries gradually stopped crying.

Cornelius was secretly shocked by Davos’ strong appeal: it seems that Davos was definitely a consul, then another consul should be selected from the original citizens of Amendora Suitable.

Cornelius was anxiously thinking about how to speak, when some people in the crowd shouted: "Brothers, although we have elected the leader of Davos as the governor, don't forget that he has to be with another person. Share the power, and next year will elect a new consul, who can be better than the leader of Davos! Who can do more miracles than the leader of Davos! Who can be better than the leader of Davos? Command the battle! Who can be more favored by the gods than Daveus!"

"nobody!!"

"No!" the new citizens clamored again.

"Are you willing to let an unfamiliar, incapable person rule you?!" another shouted loudly.

"Reluctant!!" This is what mercenaries worry about.

"Brothers, think about it. Is the democratic system really good? Think of Athens, which was once the most powerful city-state in Greece, but was destroyed by a group of incompetent politicians! Let us think about what we are doing in the sea of ​​Eugene The city-states passing by are also democratic systems, and their governance of the city-states is very bad. An army must obey the command of a wise general in order to win the battle. If a city-state is to be strong, it should of course follow this principle. Brothers, in the past year, we have experienced many difficulties, but we have also gained a lot of knowledge, saw the vastness of the Persian territory, saw the overbearing of Sparta, and saw that Turi was bullied because of... …Are you willing to enjoy freedom under the democratic system, but alive with bullying, or are you willing to go strong under the leadership of Davos?! Soldiers, speak your choice!" Watching the crowd shouting Oliver, Daveus nodded insignificantly.

"King Daveus!" The crowd screamed, and Cornelius and the five other people on stage, as well as the original citizens of Amendolara, were overwhelmed.

Both Sesta and Adrianx turned their heads to look at Davos not far away, as well as the senior team officers of these mercenaries, such as Antonios, Capps, and Amintas, around him. .If they are more familiar with Davos, they will find that the soldiers talking on the square are those of Hilos, Matonis, Olivers and others.Seta and Adrianx glanced at each other, and then said nothing.

With that loud drink, the whole square suddenly fell into a terrible silence, but soon the new citizens also began to shout: "Daveus is king." At first, the sparse, and finally became more and more tidy and bright.

Cornelius looked at the other five face to face. One of the old men wanted to rush out, but he was dragged around, and he finally gave up.Faced with the imposing force of thousands of people under the stage, no one dared to summon the courage, and stepped forward and shouted: "You are wrong! Amendola will never allow anyone to be elected king! Amendola's laws are not Allowed! Citizens of Amendola will never allow it!" The reason why they can live to the present instead of fighting to die in the hands of the Lukanians like other citizens of Amendola is because they are not brave enough , Which is why Daveus picked them.Most of the original citizens of Amendola in the audience are old, weak and sick, and they are neither willing nor able to confront mercenary soldiers.

Cornelius suddenly regretted that he had agreed to allow mercenaries to join Amendolara, but the current situation did not allow him to think much. He turned his begging eyes to Davers again.

Davers saw the time was ripe.Without hurrying to the stage, the new citizen saw his figure appearing on the wooden stage, his emotions were even more excited, and he shouted in unison: "Devers be king!"

"Daveus, King!!"

"King Daveus!!"

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Cornelius gave Daveus a complicated look and gave way to the middle position.

Daveus faced the crowd of black crowds under the stage, and the vocal voice almost squeezed his ears, and his hands with ease looked down...

The square gradually recovered calm.

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

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!!" The new citizens of the audience cheered excitedly, and some even shed tears.

"Thank you very much for your trust in choosing me to be king of Amendolara. For me, being king does not mean that I have great power to bully citizens and get benefits for myself. And It means that I have to shoulder greater responsibilities, so that the citizens of Amendola will live a happier life, and that our city-state will be stronger and not be bullied by others! Although I have the confidence to do it, but— —"Deverse paused, and Cornelius' heart was almost tense, and he was about to jump out of his throat.

"I still have to say sorry to you, I can't be this king." As soon as this was said, the others on the stage were relieved, and the new citizens under the stage were in an uproar.

"Why?!" New citizens asked questions one after another.

"Because almost no city-state in today's Greek city-states adopts the royal system anymore, even Sparta is a double-monarchy (Macedonia does not count, the Greeks did not regard it as a Greek city-state). At this time, the king-state was not affected by the Greek city-state. Welcome, if I become king of Amendola, then Amendola will be rejected by the big Greek city-states. To develop, Amendola will need to trade with other city-states; to be strong, Need to coalition with other city-states; and once Amendola is isolated and has no allies, then all good ideas will be defeated. What is more terrible is that Amendola will be attacked by the Greek city-states who hate the royal system, so for Amen Dolara, I can't be this king!"