Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 261

[Chapter 59 Dionia’s Powerful Secret?]

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“Oh, that’s interesting!” Kanios smiled and looked at the man opposite him subconsciously: he had a slender figure, a thin face, and an aquiline nose, showing a smart temperament in his weakness.

Seeing that Kanios was looking at him, the man raised his head and said with a smile, “I saw you at the VIP hotel in Turui. My name is Cypros and I am from Trina.”

Kanios hesitated for a moment .

, said: “…I’m from… Elia.”

“Oh, Elia.” Cypros didn’t seem too surprised, he looked at Kanios and said seriously: “I’ve been to Elia. A few times, we Trina and you Elia have the same predicament, Trina’s territory is often invaded by Brutians, while Elia has always been surrounded by Lucanians. The difference is that , we have allies behind us, and you can only fight alone most of the time.”

Cypros’s words came to Kanios’ heart, and this feeling of sympathy made him feel good about Cybulus, and his body was unconscious. leaned forward.

“You are on behalf of Elia, come to ask Dionysus for help.” Cypros said again.

Kanios hesitated again, and then said: “Elia is here to seek an alliance with Dionia…”

Cypros saw his concerns and comforted him: “Don’t worry, Dio Nia will definitely form an alliance with you!”

Cypros spoke astonishingly, and Kanios was shocked when he heard the words. In the past two days, he had seen the strength and prosperity of the Dionysians in Turii, and he began to be a little worried: The weak Elia is not interested in Dionia, and does not want to provoke the vicious Lucanians.

At this moment, he put aside his guard and quickly asked: “Why are you so sure?”

“Because Elijah’s position is very important.” Cypros used a wooden pick to tie up a piece of tripe and threw it into his mouth. After chewing, he said, “It will help Dionia unify the Lucalia region.”

“Dionia wants to occupy the entire Lucalia region, how is this possible?!” Kanios was shocked.

“Of course it’s very possible. Dionia’s political system determines its ambitions for expansion.” Cypros said with a complex expression on his face with certainty.

“You mean—” Kanios suddenly realized, looked around, lowered his head and said, “Dionia has a tyrant.” A city-state with a tyrant is always brutal, greedy and aggressive, no matter if it is decades Gron, the former tyrant of Syracuse, and his successor, Hieron, the former tyrant of Lijim, Anaxilas, and the current Dionysius,

have all proved this one after another.

Cypros shook his head.

He is a thoughtful man, and since his last mission to Dionysian, he has been analyzing the reasons for its rapid rise out of curiosity about this emerging alliance: “Not exactly, I don’t know about Dionysian Is Davos, the consul of Asia, considered a tyrant? Although he is the supreme ruler of the Dionysian army, he has the right to worship, and he is also the highest administrator of the city-state alliance, but as the highest authority of the Senate. The chief elder, he has a lot of influence, but he does not do what he wants. His proposal also needs the approval of the majority of the elders of the senate to pass. The appointment of senior public officials of the alliance is also selected by the senate. Although he has the right to deny. The important events of waging war and achieving peace are also decided collectively by the Senate. Unlike the tyrant who can easily decide the life and death of citizens, his actions are still bound by the laws of the Union. However, compared to Sparta The king of the king and the generals of the democratic city-state, there is no doubt that he has greater power…”

Kanios listened carefully and thoughtfully: “No wonder I heard that this consul is in the city of Turii. He often does not need the protection of guards, and often walks in and out of the city of Turii by himself, unlike Dionysius living in the palace, with thousands of mercenary guards to protect himself. In this way, he is like a… …the king of democracy.”

“The king of democracy?!” Cypros slapped the table excitedly when he heard this: “This word is very suitable, it just describes Davos’ status in the Dionysian League! Officially Dioria’s rapid rise is due to Dionia’s unique system of consuls.”

“You mean that Dionia’s power was caused by Davos alone?” Kanios asked in surprise.

“Uh… Davos is of course a very capable consul, but Dionia’s political system is also very unusual–” Cypros rarely found a match, and Kanios’ question was convenient. He continued to explain what he had pondered during this period of time, but after eating too much sauce, he felt a little dry in his throat, he swallowed and said, “Canios, do you drink beer? The beer in this shop. The taste is very delicious. I heard that Davos specially directed his slaves to brew it after many experiments. This man is not only strong in military and political skills, but also has his own uniqueness in business. No wonder he is called ‘God’s Blessed One’!”

Beer was only a drink for the bottom people of the city-state, but after hearing Cypros’ words, Kanios was also a little moved.

“Two big cans of beer!” Cypros shouted.

A thin-necked long-bottle earthen jar was placed in front of Kanios, Kanios picked it up, and a faint sweet fragrance hit his nostrils.

He hurriedly took a sip, and the cool golden-yellow liquid went down smoothly into his stomach, dissipating most of the heat from his body.

He couldn’t help taking another gulp.

“It tastes good!” Cypros said proudly upon seeing this.

Kanios

nodded, hiccupped, and asked impatiently, “What’s the difference between the Dionysian system you just said?”

Said: “Whether it is Crotone or our Trina, the supreme power is the Citizens’ Assembly, which decides everything in the city-state; the second is the reduced number of councils, usually attended by at least three people. Four hundred people, discuss and solve the usual city-state affairs; the generals elected by the citizens’ assembly are only the highest executors of the decisions made by the citizens’ assembly and the council, right?”

“Yes, Elia is also the same, the system of the democratic city-state in Greece. Pretty much the same.”

“Dionia’s system came from Amendolara, and Amendolara… I guess, after it broke away from Sybaris, it was influenced by Tarantum like Heraclea and Metapontum. , Since Tarantum is a sub-gang of Sparta, it changed the ‘double king’ to ‘double consul’, and the council of elders became the senate, but the consul was elected by the citizens’ assembly, but Davos led the hire After the soldiers joined Amendolara, not only did the dual consuls become the only consuls for life, but at the same time, it seemed that the Citizens Assembly had never been held…” Cypros said in a deep tone.

“Dionys canceled the Citizens’ Assembly?!” Kanios almost exclaimed, before talking to Cypros, based on his past knowledge-Davers was a tyrant, so Dionysus didn’t Citizens Assembly, Kanios is not surprised.

But Cypros had already told him, “Davos is not a tyrant, and is also restricted by the Senate.” His understanding of Dionia has become – this is a relatively normal city-state alliance, so listen to It would be a bit overreacting to Cyprous.

“The Dionysian Citizens’ Assembly has not been explicitly cancelled, but it has not been held…” Cypros said slowly: “I think, maybe the Dionysian Union’s situation is special, so it is not held. After all, Dai The citizens of Onia were scattered in several cities, with complex origins, including Greeks, and a considerable number of foreigners, including Turians, as well as Amendolaras, Crimissas…, held Citizens’ assembly is time-consuming, and it is easy to quarrel because of interests, and it cannot decide anything…”

Kanios thought about it carefully, and had to admit: “Maybe, this may be an important reason. Just like Elie Ya, even if our citizens are not many, and they all live in the city for generations, every time a citizen assembly is held, many important issues cannot be agreed, let alone a new alliance like Dionysian with complex sources of citizens. .”

Cypros patted the bottle of the beer can with his hand, hesitated for a while, then raised his head and took a sip of wine before saying, “Actually, the Citizens Assembly handles affairs… any issue, citizens can easily base their preferences on their own preferences. and interests, rather than the interests of the city-state, to express opinions and exercise veto power, which often leads to a problem that cannot be solved for a long time, especially in times of crisis! If the citizens’ assembly cannot quickly unify opinions, It will put the city-state in great danger. It is precisely because of this that Trina has been facing the invasion of the Brutians for a long time, so we have a system that is different from the southern Italian city-states such as Crotone and Cilitin, that is, once In the event of an enemy invasion, Trina will immediately elect a plenipotentiary general, who has the highest authority to decide all city-state affairs during the war! This avoids endless discussions and disputes!”

Kanios smiled: ” Elijah will also elect a dictator at the most difficult time of the war, who has the highest power in the city-state, very similar to the plenipotentiary general you mentioned.” The

common understanding made Cypros no longer hesitate, he said bluntly: “You Look, both Trina and Elijah realized that the Citizens Assembly did have some shortcomings, but only made some small changes, but Dionysus completely put the Citizens Assembly aside and used the Archon Davers The ability and the rich administrative experience of the elders of the senate with less than 100 people can proceed from the interests of the city-state alliance to quickly pass bills and make decisions. Dionia has formulated some other southern Italian city-state citizen assemblies. Among the laws that cannot be passed, two are very important! Dionia, as a newly established alliance, can rise so quickly, these two laws have played a very important role!

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