Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 24: Public trial

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The plaintiff and the defendant separated Tritodmus in front of them. According to the law, given that the plaintiff and the defendant do not necessarily understand the "Diorian Code" with many entries, and their eloquence is not necessarily good, they can hire lawyers to conduct court defenses. However, Pollux, who was tried first in this case, decided to defend himself. Since the crimes he committed far exceeded the scope of the original plaintiff (ie liberated slaves), the prosecutor appointed by the court initiated the lawsuit. . The prosecutor was Aristocrates, Daves's former clerk.

After Aristocrates obtained the preliminary citizenship of Dionia, Daves suggested that he go to the court to work, and he passed the examination smoothly. Starting from the initial court recorder, he worked hard and worked hard at the same time. Learn Dionian law. After he became an official citizen of Dionia, he served as a low-level judge of the circuit court, and for more than a year he became a rising star among the judges of Dionia with his dazzling results in convicting "more than 200 cases and disputes without flaws." In this trial, Daves personally ordered him to be the prosecutor, and had high hopes for him.

Because Daves transplanted the trial system of later generations to Dionia after transformation, it was different from the beginning.

Know that the most respected Athens court of this era does not have a dedicated judge. Only the order officer maintains the court’s procedures, and the power of trial is in the hands of the jury. However, the jury does not have a fixed number, but based on The size of the case determines the number of people. The highest number of jury members can reach more than 2,000, and a majority vote is used to determine the outcome of the trial. Therefore, in Athens, no matter how big or small the case is, a jury must be involved. Every day, about three to four thousand citizens go back and forth between the courts in the city and the port. Other city-states have also dubbed "Athenians are Greeks who love litigation."

However, in Dionia, except for important cases such as homicide, treason, etc., which can be judged by a jury, other civil disputes are generally determined directly by the judge, even if the defendant requires a jury. The request of the regiment is also very likely to be rejected. The reason is that the citizens of the Dionian League are relatively busy, military training, field work, market trade, public facilities construction... do not have so much free time to sit in court and listen to the plaintiff and the defendant telling things that have nothing to do with them.

As the city-state of Athens is extremely wealthy, there is monetary compensation for serving as a juror, and some citizens even make a living from it, so citizens are happy to go there.

In short, with Dionia's existing strength and financial resources, he cannot afford this time-consuming and expensive Athenian court trial, and he is not prepared to implement it in this way. The Dionians were affected by entering the legion, holding public office, and obtaining city-state rewards due to fear of breaking the law. Really large crimes are rare. Therefore, people rarely see such large-scale trial scenes with juries, and many people can say that it is the first time that they have witnessed the operation of the Dionian trial with their own eyes.

The Victory Square was quickly occupied by the people, and people kept coming from outside the venue...

When the liquid level of the water clock fell to the eight o'clock mark, Terry Todd Moss rang the court bell.

Since the plaintiff and defendant were already on the court, the prosecutor made the statement at the beginning. Aristocrates sued the Temple of the Emancipation of the Slaves, the patrol conducted a regular search, and found evidence... After a brief explanation, he then showed the searched evidence to the jury, accusing Polyxis of illegal possession of land and restricting others. Freedom and other crimes.

There was a commotion among the people in the audience.

Terry De Moss had to ring the bell to remind the people present to keep quiet. Then he signaled that the defendant Pollux could defend himself.

As a long-time political veteran, Pollux is still holding his head high and keeping his energy up, because he knows that if he shows decadence, he will be regarded by the people as guilty. At the beginning, although he did not participate in the formulation of the legal trial system, he listened to the whole process of Davers persuading the elders. Therefore, he knew that in order to be acquitted in the large-scale court trial in Dionia, the key lies in the jury. In the regiment, he said in a passionate voice: “Members of the jury, at this moment, I think of my father, my grandfather... As one of the earliest founders of the city of Turiyi, they put all of their own The heart and blood have been sprinkled on this piece of land that was once a wilderness, and only then will there be a prosperous city today. And under the influence of my father’s generation, I have been making my own efforts for this city since I was an adult. Similarly, I worked in the fields, worked as a soldier, participated in combat, served as a low-level public official, and was later elected by the people as General Turiyi many times. I did my best for this city-state—"

At this moment, Aristocrates stood up and interrupted his words: "Polyxis, as one of the generals of Turye, you should take responsibility for the burning of Turye! And in the end When the city was broken, you, as a general, did not lead the people to meet the enemy, but disappeared. You dare to say that you have done everything for the city state! This is not true at all!" Obviously, Aristocrates had carefully investigated Boss in advance. The life of Luxis.

As soon as he finished speaking, someone from the audience responded: "He was right! I was in the team against the Crotones. Many people died in the battle, including Neonsis, but I have never seen you, Pollux, from beginning to end!"

"Coward!"

"Coward!"

……

Someone in the audience started cursing.

"Quiet! Be quiet!" Tritod Moss had to ring the small bell again to remind the public to keep quiet, and at the same time warned: "You two should not talk about topics unrelated to this defense. Go back to the accused. The question comes up."

It should be said that since there are not many large-scale trial cases in the courts of Dionian, young judges like Aristocrates lack experience, otherwise they can protest as soon as Polyxis speaks.

But their initial confrontation attracted the attention of the people. The court is like a battlefield, and the relationship between life and death is more risky and intense than watching a drama. The Dionian people began to open their eyes, looking forward to their next more exciting debate.

Polyxis was quite embarrassed. He was selfish and really forgot that he had been a deserter. Originally, he wanted to continue to publicize his hard work in the Senate, but this is nothing. He took a deep look at his opponent, and then began to say: "As the senator of the Dionian Senate, I have always regarded Archon Daves as an example and responded to Hades's enlightenment, so I ignored my own. Loss, a large amount of freedom was given to the slaves in the family. So far, 57 slaves have been released, and 6 of them have become official citizens. I think besides Master Daves, there is another citizen of Dionia who treats slaves like me. No!" Pollux looked around with an awe-inspiring expression.

"The liberated slaves, out of gratitude and repaying, have to give me some money in return every year. I can't refuse their kindness and reluctantly accept it. Because I have more money, I can buy more More slaves, give more slaves freedom!...... Alas, but I never expected that I would be mistaken for corruption! This...... This is really a passion for my whole-hearted desire to learn from Master Daves A huge blow to him! This is a misunderstanding!..." He put on an aggrieved appearance toward the jury.

Aristocrates said coldly: "Whether Polluxis is corrupt, please allow me to question the witness."

Terry Todd Moss nodded in agreement.

Aristocrates called up ten witnesses, all of which were Pollux’s emancipated slaves. Some were newly released, some had become preliminary citizens, and some were already full citizens. These witnesses with citizenship did not want to appear in court, but they were enforced by the court because it was the duty of Union citizens.

After they swore to the **** Hades not to lie, Aristocrates asked him questions one by one, one by one. In the meantime, Pollux tried to interrupt several times, but was reprimanded by Judge Tritodimos.

The witnesses saw that Polluxis was in bad condition and feared that he would be charged with lying again and be convicted of "blasphemy", so they all confided.

Now the people near Mutai have understood: First of all, the location of the land owned by these witnesses is already enviable. It is all fertile land on the Subari Plain. We must know that when the alliance was first established, there were more people and less land. In order to prevent the land from becoming barren, a lot of land was rented by freedmen and emancipated slaves. Later, the rent of the land in Subari became tense, and it was not enough to distribute it to the prepared citizens. How could free people rent the seeds? The slaves just released by Polyxis could still be rented to good land. This is a very big problem. Up;

Secondly, after these witnesses have paid the Union’s rent and taxes, they have to pay 40% of Pollux’s land income;

Again, a witness who becomes a full citizen actually has to give Pollux 5% of his own land income every year. Why do formal citizens still give him money? Because Pollux bought some people from the Ministry of Agriculture, and when allocating "allotments" to those who became official citizens, he used it as a hand and foot when measuring the land, more than one and a half acres. Because their "places" are often in relatively remote places, it is not easy to be noticed. Therefore, these citizens from the Pollux family benefited, and feared that the land would be taken back every year when the Ministry of Agriculture randomly inspected the land, so they took the initiative to benefit Pollux.

When Aristocrates finished his question, Pollux had already felt the anger of the people in the audience. He hurriedly said: "They are all lying! They are all lying! I have never done these things at all, yes. Someone is framing me! I'm afraid I will shake him to Dionia—"