According to Spartan law, the throne is inherited by the eldest son; but if the eldest son was born before the king ascended the throne, he will give way to the oldest son who was born after he succeeded to the throne; if the deceased king has no descendants, the throne will be inherited by a male relative who is closest to him; if the heir is still young, the regent will take his post (Laikugu, the founder of the existing Spartan political system, is the regent).

Akis had only one son, Leotizides, twenty-three years old. It was natural for him to take over as king, but whether Leotizides was Akis's biological son has always been a gossip for the Spartan people. Because during the Peloponnese War, Athenian General Akis surrendered to Sparta, and King Akis valued him very much, but unexpectedly, this handsome and romantic Athenian seduced his queen, and even made the whole city of Sparta know. The humiliated Akis threatened to tear Akid into pieces, but after Akid learned the news, he cleverly ran back to Athens. Not long after, Akis's wife became pregnant. Therefore, the Spartan people had doubts about letting Leotizides become king.

Akis' younger brother, Agsilous, 45, has always performed well. In the eyes of the people, he is a traditional and pure Spartan. Although he is a lame person, he has also received support from many people.

It can be imagined that the subsequent inheritance of the throne will be enough for the elders to worry about, so they have no intention of dealing with trivial matters like Dionia.

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Theoz, a Corinthian merchant, came to Turiyi for the second time. He had not seen each other for several months. The port changed a lot: First, the Dionians dug inward on the north shore of the estuary of the Krati River, thus expanding the port. Two long cast stone breakwaters were like giant arms, hugging the merchant ships entering the port. The pier was no longer as simple as when they came last time. Wooden trestles penetrated the coast. On the shore were neat and orderly stone houses and buildings, as well as flat and wide transport avenues...

Although there are many merchant ships coming and going to the sea estuary, the port managers still orderly command them to dock and unload goods, and the organization is quite orderly and efficient. The porters at the dock work very well, and rarely have the bad behavior of being lazy or even bullying.

From time to time, Theos saw people wearing white Borton walking back and forth between the docks with paper and pens in their hands. These workers were more diligent in the way. Later, they asked other merchants that they learned that those people were public officials sent by the Dionys’ Household Registration Department, responsible for inspecting the daily labor performance of these free people who wanted to become citizens of the alliance. If they had bad records, it would be difficult to wait for the time being to obtain the status of a reserve citizen.

Of course, the two and three squads of soldiers in the port were fully armed and patrolled back and forth, which also maintained the order of the port well.

When Theos walked into the port, he found that the Dionia League had surrounded the port with a thick and tall wall, and the market was outside the wall.

When we came to the market, it was also a noisy area. The original market walls had been demolished. Because there were too many shops, the speed of market expansion could not keep up with the increase of shops. One by one, one shop and workshop were lined up, occupying all the open space, leaving only spacious passages for customers to buy and sell, transport goods and firefighters to put out fires.

In addition, there are two special buildings independent of the market.

One is a hospital. The doctors of the Dionysian Union are skilled in medical skills. Most Greeks in northern Greece know it now. Some people even say: it is much better than the doctors in Crotone! Moreover, Davers created an unprecedented comprehensive hospital in Greece, which is obviously different from the previous clinics. Both facilities, systems and management are very standardized and strict. For patients who are seeing a doctor, this is an unprecedented treatment method. The sacred sense of doctors makes the patients feel half better before they start treatment. For doctors, this place attracts their attention like a magnet. It is said that if it weren't for the fact that the Dionysian Union and Crotone were very stiff, many Crotone doctors would have wanted to come here to study and visit. Naturally, every day, the front of the hospital was crowded.

There were many people watching another building. When Theos asked, he found out that it was a court specially set up by the Dionys Alliance for the Turi market and port, so as to quickly deal with various trade disputes and conflicts that occur frequently here every day, and to facilitate merchants, customers, and a large number of sailors and laborers. Theos was very interested in the innovation that other Greek city-states did not have, so he squeezed into the crowd.

The Dionian Union established the position of judge in early November, mainly because after a large number of foreign populations poured in, the regular administrative affairs alone were enough to work hard for the city chief executives, and they had to deal with more sophisticated and complicated legal disputes. They were indeed willing but not enough. The three city chief executives complained, so Davers proposed that after consultation by the Senate, they decided to establish the position of senior judge (there is no special judge in Greek city-states, and cases are often judged by generals or consuls, and in the Athenian court there is not even a judge, and the judge is a judge.

The ruling was made. In Dionia, Davers, as the sole consul, certainly had the highest judicial power, but he was busy with affairs, and he could not spend time dealing with ordinary case disputes, so this right was initially delegated to the chief executives of each city. He was responsible for supervising the low-level judges stationed in each city and handling appeal cases. The name of the Senate was to be elected, including Polyxis, who was handed over to Davers for review, but he didn't say anything, but the winner in the end was Proxilaus (because of Davers' strong recommendation).

Originally Proxilaus should have been in charge of the court in Turiyi City (although it has not been completely built), and the court next to the market was his subordinates. But the newly established alliance was like the sun in the early morning, and the people were busy with their affairs, with almost no complicated and extremely influential cases to be handled. Therefore, the new judge, who was full of energy and idle, came to the market and seized the power of his subordinates to personally try the case.

"What is the next case?" Proxilaus asked anxiously as soon as he had handled a dispute.

The secondary judge Frauclión looked at him resentfully. Frauclión was originally a subordinate of Kunogolata. He had assisted the Chief Executive in the city hall to handle legal affairs. After the law was independent this time, there were not many talents in the alliance who were proficient in the law. Frauclión was recommended by Kunogolata and was quickly promoted to a low-level judge. He could be regarded as a rank of intermediate officials of the alliance. Who knew that in a few days he was occupied by Proxilaus, he dared not say anything. After all, Proxilaus is not only a senator in the Senate, but also a senior judge. Its status is also prominent. As Davers was promoted to the second only to the city administrator, it was demonstrated by the Alliance's emphasis on law. Moreover, as Frauclión's immediate boss, Proxilaus has the right to report his work performance to the Senate Public Service Management Committee and the recommendation when he was about to transfer.

"It was the wife of a coalition citizen who sued a Lijim businessman for discrimination against her." Froc Leon said.

"Discrimination?" Proxilaus was a little confused.

"The woman is Lucanian." Froc Leon whispered.

"Oh." Proxilaus nodded: "Then bring both the plaintiff and the defendant."

The court in the market is not big, it can only accommodate judges, clerks, programmers, guards and other public officials, plaintiffs and defendants can only stand outside the open court, and they can surround the open space with iron railings behind them. People can watch it casually outside the railings. This will not only allow the people and the Gentiles to understand the laws of the alliance, achieve the role of preaching and education, but also allow the judges to be supervised by the people.

A man and a woman entered the court. Under the guidance of the programmer, she first recited the names of the gods of the three judges under the Pluto Hades, Mynos, Radamantos, and Aiku, and sweared in their name: all of them are facts.

The plaintiff then made a statement.

The young Lukari woman fucked a weird but fluent Greek: "Dear Judge, I am the wife of Izam, a citizen of the Union. Today I came to the market to buy a pottery bottle containing olive oil, but at his shop-" The woman pointed to the merchant next to her and said, "I found that he sold a lot of pottery and it was also very beautiful, so she decided to buy it from him. Just because it took more time to choose pottery, he suddenly got angry at me, and he said, "Damn savage, do you buy it or not? If you can't afford it, don't touch my bottle with your dirty hands, otherwise it will be broken, and it will not be enough to compensate me as a slave!" He also said... and said..."

"Sir Judge, she is lying! I have never said such a thing before!" the merchant shouted.

"Stop talking first, and wait until she finishes talking, then it's your turn to say it!" Proxilaus scolded, and then said to the woman, "You keep talking."

"He also said—" the woman blushed, stared at the businessman, gritted her teeth and said: "He also said, 'A barbaric woman like you is not worthy of using such noble pottery. Why not be my slave and make me... happy. When I am happy, I may give you a pottery-'"

Note: 1. The incident of the third party involved in Yassibide is described in another novel "From the City State to the Empire".

2. This provision on the inheritance of the Spartan throne "If the eldest son was born before the king ascended the throne, then he would give way to the oldest son he raised after he succeeded to the throne." There seems to be a similar tradition in Persia. One of the main reasons why Cyrus rebelled at the beginning of the novel is that he was the eldest son born after his father ascended the throne, and his elder brother, Artaxerxes, the king of Persia, was not, so he thought that he should be the king, and this is the "Emperor's Cute Life".
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