Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"Oh, that's funny!" Kanios smiled, and subconsciously looked at the opposite man: a slender figure, a thin face, and an eagle-hook nose, revealing a smart temperament in the weak.

When Kanos was watching him, the man looked up and smiled: "I saw you in the VIP hotel in Turri, my name is Cipros, from Trina."

Kanios hesitated and whispered, "...I am from...Elia."

"Oh, Elia." Cipros didn't seem too surprised. He looked at Kanios and said seriously: "I've been to Elia a few times. Speaking of us, Trina and you Elia. With the same dilemma, Trina’s territory is often attacked by the Bruti, and Elia has always been surrounded by Lucania. The difference is that we have allied support behind us, and most of the time you can only be alone Combat."

Ciplos' words came to Kanios's heart. This sympathetic feeling made him feel good about Ciblos, and he leaned forward unconsciously.

"You are on behalf of Elia, come to Dionia for help." Cipros said again.

Kanios hesitated again, and then said: "Elia is here to seek an alliance with Dionia..."

Ciplos saw his concerns and comforted him: "Don't worry, Dionysia will definitely form an alliance with you!"

Cipros spoke surprisingly, Kanios was shocked, and in these two days he was in Turij, seeing the power and prosperity of the Dionysians, and began to worry a little: the weak Elia can’t afford it Dionysia’s interest is unwilling to provoke the vicious Lucania.

At this moment, he set aside his guard and asked, "Why are you so sure?"

"Because Elia's position is very important." Cipros took a piece of beef belly with a wooden sign and threw it into his mouth. After chewing carefully, he said: "It is conducive to the unification of Dionysia. area."

"Dionia wants to occupy the entire Lucaria region, how is this possible?!" Kanios was taken aback.

"Of course it is very possible. Dionysia's regime determines its ambition to expand." Ciplos said with a complex look on his face, very sure.

"You mean--" Kanios suddenly realized that he looked around and whispered, "Dionia has a tyrant." The city-state with tyrants is always brutal and greedy and aggressive, no matter how many A year ago, Syracuse’s arrogant Lord Gron and his successors Hielon, Lijim’s former tyrant Anaxiras, and now Dionysius proved this point one after another.

Cypress shook his head.He is a thinking person, and since his last mission to Dionia, out of curiosity about this emerging alliance, he has been analyzing the reasons for its rapid rise: "Not exactly, I don’t know Dionys Daveus, the governor of Asia, is not an arrogant. Although he is the highest authority of the Dionysian army and has the right to sacrifice, and is also the highest administrator of the city-state alliance, but as the senate of the highest authority Chief veteran, he has a lot of influence, but he does not want to do whatever he wants. His proposal also requires the majority of the veterans of the veteran’s house to agree to it. The appointment of senior public officials of the alliance must also be selected by the veteran’s house. Although he has the right to deny. The important events of waging war and achieving peace are also collectively decided by the Senate. Unlike the tyrant who can easily determine the life and death of citizens, his behavior is still subject to the laws of the Union. However, compared with Sparta The king of the country, the generals of the democratic city states, he has no doubt that he has more power..."

Kanyos listened carefully, thoughtfully: "No wonder I heard that the governor often did not want to be guarded in the city of Turriy, and often walked in and out of the neighborhoods of Turiy, unlike Dioni. Hughes lives in the palace and has thousands of mercenary guards to protect himself. In this way, he looks like a... well... democratic king."

"The King of Democracy?!" Cypros listened, and excitedly flicked the table: "The word is very suitable, which just illustrates the status of Davos in the Dionysian Union! Officially because of the unique ruling of Dionys The official system created the rapid rise of Dioria."

"Are you saying that Dionysia's strength was caused by Davos alone?" Kanios asked in surprise.

"Uh... Daveus is of course a very powerful consul, but Dionysia's political system is also very unusual -" Cipros rarely finds a person who is destined to join, and Kanios is convenient to ask questions. He continued to elaborate on his thoughts during this time. However, after eating too much sauce, he felt his throat was a bit dry, and he swallowed. He said, "Canos, do you drink beer? Beer in this shop It tastes delicious, I heard that it was brewed by Davos's slaves after many experiments. This man is not only very strong in military and political abilities, but also has uniqueness in business. No wonder it is called 'God dependent'!"

Beer is just a drink for people from the bottom of the city-state, but listening to Cipros, Kanios is also a little emotional.

"Come two big cans of beer!" Cypress shouted loudly.

A thin-necked long-bottle crock was placed in front of Kanos, and Kanos picked it up, and a faint sweet fragrance came out.He took a quick sip, and the cool golden liquid smoothly dropped into his stomach, dissipating most of the heat from his body.He couldn't help drinking another sip.

"It tastes good!" Ciplos said with pride.

Kanios nodded and burped, and could not wait to ask: "What is the difference between the Dionysian system you just said?"

Cipros didn’t sell any more, he took a sip of wine and said slowly: “Whether it’s Crotone or our Trina, the highest authority is the Civic Assembly, which determines everything in the city-state; the second is the reduction The number of councils is usually not less than three or four hundred people, and discusses the usual city-state affairs; the general elected by the civic assembly is only the highest executor of the civic assembly and the deliberations, right?"

"Yes, so is Elia. The system of the democratic city-states in Greece is generally the same."

"Dionia’s system came from Amendolara, and Amendolara... I guess that after it was separated from Subaris, it was influenced by Tarantum just like Heraclea and Metapontum. Since Tarantum is a gang of Spartans, it changed the "Double Kings" to "Dual Archons" and the Council of Elders to the Senate, but the Archon was elected by the Civic Assembly, but Daveus led the employment After the soldiers joined Amendolara, not only did they change the dual governors to be the only ones in their lives, but the civic congress seemed to have never been held..." Cipros said in a deep tone.

"Dionia canceled the civic assembly?!" Kanios almost exclaimed, before talking to Cipros, based on his past knowledge-Daveus was an arrogant, then Dionia did not At the Civic Assembly, Kanios will not be surprised.But Ciplos had told him, "Daveus is not an arrogant, and is also restricted by the senate." His understanding of Dionysia became-this is still a relatively normal city-state alliance, so listen It was only after Cypros that he overreacted.

"Dionysia’s civic congress was not cancelled in writing, but it has never been held..." Cipros said slowly: "I think that maybe the Dionysian Union is in a special situation, so it is not held. After all, Daionia The citizens of Onia are scattered in several cities, and the source is complex. There are Greeks, a considerable number of foreigners, Turiris, Amendolaras, Crimea..., held The Civic Assembly is time-consuming, and it is easy to quarrel because of interests, unable to decide anything..."

Kanios thought about it carefully and had to admit: "Perhaps, this may be an important reason. Just like Elia, even if our citizens are not many, and they live in the city for generations, every time Holding a civic conference, many important issues cannot be agreed, let alone an emerging coalition like Dionysia, with a complex source of citizens."

Ciplos patted the bottle of the beer can with his hand, hesitated for a while, and then took a sip of his head, before saying, "Actually, the civic assembly deals with matters... Any citizen can easily base his preferences on any topic. To express opinions and exercise veto power with interests rather than the interests of city-states. As a result, a problem often cannot be solved for a long time, especially in times of crisis! If the citizen assembly fails to quickly unify the opinions, the city-state will be in great danger. Among them, it is precisely because of this, that Trina has faced the invasion of the Bruti people for a long time, so we have a system different from Crotone, Silitine, and other southern Italian city-states. That is, once an enemy invades, Terry Na will immediately elect a full-powered general with the highest power to decide all city-state affairs during the war! Thus avoiding endless discussions and disputes!"

Kanios said with a happy face: "Elia will also choose a dictator when the war is most difficult, with the highest power of the city-state, very similar to what you said about the generals."

The common understanding made Ciprous no longer hesitate, he said straightforwardly: "You see, whether it is Trina or Elia, realize that there are some shortcomings in the civic assembly, but only made some small changes, but Dionysia completely put aside the civic assembly, using the power of Archbishop Davis and the rich administrative experience of the elders with less than a hundred people, he can quickly pass the bill from the benefit of the development of the city-state alliance, After making the decision, Dionysia enacted some laws that could not be passed by the civic assembly of other southern Italian city-states, two of which are very important! Dionysia, as a newly formed alliance, can rise so quickly, these two bills Played a very important role!"